Cormier: High wrestling coach salaries drawing athletes away from UFC competition

Daniel Cormier has offered an explanation for the current absence of American male UFC champions, pointing to the financial pull of coaching positions in wrestling. Cormier noted that regional training centers now pay wrestlers around $200,000 to coach, making the grind of fighting less attractive. "We might've done so much to grow the sport everywhere else that the American wrestler isn't as available right now," he said.