Cormier, Manuwa agree to lock horns during heated Twitter battle

Daniel Cormier and Jimi Manuwa's mutual disdain grows stronger by the day.

Since he and Manuwa had some pointed words following his successful defense of the light heavyweight title at UFC 210, the pair have taken their steadily brewing beef to the Twitterverse, with "Poster Boy" initiating the exchange this time.

"DC" had initially dismissed Manuwa as a legit threat to his throne, but when the KO artist challenged him to a duel on Monday, the champ promised to give him the business and keep him from making it to the second-round horn, a barb that kicked off a lengthy exchange:

The cyber war of words elicited a bold proposition from Cormier, who offered to ditch his Olympic-level wrestling and take Manuwa on at his own forte before rubbing his brutal KO loss to Anthony Johnson in his face:

The Brit appeared unmoved by the low blow, accusing Cormier of chasing a rematch with longtime rival Jon Jones in retort, but the champ shot the theory down and capped his rebuttal by calling for a bout agreement:

Whether a deal for the pair of light heavyweights to meet in the Octagon is actually in the works remains to be seen, but the division's long thin title picture has gotten far more intriguing in short order.