What if Daniel Cormier goes to WWE?

3. A worked MMA-style match

It's rare, but not impossible, to find a worked MMA-style bout that succeeds.

A worked MMA-style match is difficult to pull off effectively, if only because today’s fight fans are so familiar with what an MMA fight is supposed to look like, and thus more attuned than ever to pulled punches or unrealistic fighting styles.

It’s not impossible to weave the styles together, though. Perhaps the best example would be Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe from Impact Wrestling’s 2008 Lockdown event, where the two started out with a very MMA influenced approach before slowly working their way into a more traditional pro wrestling match.

If anyone is equipped to blend the styles today, it would be Lesnar, and given Cormier’s real-life pedigree and lack of conventional sports entertainment training, he may be an ideal dance partner to execute the style with The Beast Incarnate.

The question remains as to who would win—if WWE could justify jobbing out Lesnar as one of its most credible stars, but by the same token if Cormier would sign on to lose in this context.