Daniel Cormier
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If I'm saying all those guys included, then obviously John and Anderson are on that Mount Rushmore.
But I don't do that.
It's not in fighting.
Barry Bonds was a Hall of Famer before he even went to San Francisco.
Plus he's hitting with a baseball bat.
He's not punching someone in the face.
Everything for women.
Dana, on record, said, I will never have women fighting in the UFC or something very close to that.
Then Ronda came along, and she just opened up the floodgates.
And now Dana goes, in his life, very rarely does he make decisions where he's like,
I really messed up.
He openly goes, Ronda Rousey coming in and making me take on female fighting is one of the best decisions I've ever made.
Because it gave me Amanda Nunes.
It gave me Zhang Weili, Valentina Shevchenko.
It's like all these women have an opportunity because of Ronda.
No Ronda Rousey, like I don't know of women still today fighting the UFC.
That's how important she is.