10 UFC fights that absolutely must happen in 2018

#5 Daniel Cormier vs. Alexander Gustafsson

Daniel Cormier's first fight with Alexander Gustafsson was an instant classic

Daniel Cormier and Alexander Gustafsson clashed for the Light-Heavyweight title once before, at UFC 192 in October 2015. It was one of the greatest title fights the division had ever seen – probably second only to Gustafsson’s legendary fight with Jon Jones – and in the end, Cormier came away with his title intact by the tightest of judges’ decisions. It was a fight you could’ve called either way, basically.

Since then Cormier has defended the title against Anthony Johnson, lost it to Jon Jones, had it handed back to him due to Jones’s positive drug test, and has defended it against Volkan Oezdemir. Gustafsson’s suffered some serious injuries to his back, but he’s also beaten Jan Blachowicz and looked back to his best in his 2016 win over Glover Teixeira. With no other top contender right now, a rematch has to be looming.

If they do put the fight together, the story could be different again. It’d be Gustafsson’s third attempt at winning the title after coming within a hair’s breadth of winning it twice before, and it’d be one of Cormier’s last fights given he plans to retire in March 2019. It’s the best fight the UFC could put together at 205lbs right now and given the quality of the original, there’s nothing to suggest that we shouldn’t expect a classic if it does happen.