The UFC 187 post-fight confrontation between Daniel Cormier and Ryan Bader seemed to have all the juice to set up a future light heavyweight championship fight. It appears now that may not be the case.

UFC President Dana White revealed on tonight’s edition of FOX Sports 1’s “UFC Tonight” that Cormier’s (16-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) first 205-pound title defense could come against Alexander Gustafsson (16-3 MMA, 8-3 UFC).

“We’re actually looking at possibly Alexander Gustafsson,” White said.

White did not confirm the matchup or target a possible date or location.

Gustafsson, No. 4 in the latest USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA light heavyweight rankings, last appeared in the octagon at UFC on FOX 14 in January when he suffered a first-round knockout loss to Anthony Johnson. The bout was a No. 1 contender matchup, and “Rumble” went on to face Cormier for the belt at UFC 187.

Should “The Mauler” be granted the next title shot, he would be the 15th fighter in UFC history to compete in a championship fight after a loss.

No. 2 ranked Cormier won the vacant 205-pound belt with a third-round submission of Johnson at UFC 187. “DC” was originally scheduled to face Bader in the main event of Saturday’s UFC Fight Night 68 event, but was removed to the card and matched against Johnson when ex-champ Jon Jones was stripped of the title for his alleged involvement in an April hit-and-run incident.

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