Daniel Cormier shares interesting theory on Ilia Topuria’s callout of Charles Oliveira [Video]

Daniel Cormier Thinks Mental Fatigue is Setting in for Ilia Topuria

During a new edition of “Funky and the Champ,” Daniel Cormier told Ben Askren that he feels Ilia Topuria’s desire to move on from the featherweight division has to do with mental fatigue (via MMAJunkie).

“When you beat the best guys, especially the two guys that ruled the division for so long, there can be a little bit of fatigue in there,” Cormier said. “It’s not like muscle fatigue; it’s mental fatigue. You have to be so up to do what he did to Max Holloway and to do what he did to Volkanovski.

“I don’t care what people tell you. The only ones that believe that he would do what he did was Ilia Topuria and his team. You can’t think that that was going to happen just being on the outside. He went out, and he knocked out Max Holloway. That doesn’t happen. You don’t knock …