Daniel Cormier gives advice to Ilia Topuria after ‘not coming off great’ in booking first title defense

As a former two-division UFC champion, Daniel Cormier understands a thing or two about leverage — which is why he wants to pass some along some wisdom to one of the promotion’s newest champions.

Ilia Topuria captured the UFC featherweight title at February’s UFC 298 event when he knocked out Alexander Volkanovski in the second round. Topuria’s first title defense has not been announced, but since winning the title, he’s tried to call the shots with who...