Morning Report: Coach counters Daniel Cormier’s Islam Makhachev claim, says ‘nobody is more dangerous’ than Khabib Nurmagomedov

Javier Mendez doesn’t agree with his old pupil Daniel Cormier.

American Kickboxing Academy (AKA) has been one of the greatest and most successful MMA gyms of all time, if not the most. Several fighters have trained at the Mendez-founded facility, and held UFC and Strikeforce gold, specifically. Some, like Cormier and Khabib Nurmagomedov, are even UFC Hall of Famers.

Last week, Cormier talked about the current UFC lightweight...