Daniel Cormier is properly conscious of what awaits him in Salt Lake Metropolis.
Cormier as soon as once more discovered himself within the crosshairs of Joaquin Buckley this previous week after the streaking UFC welterweight contender instructed MMA Preventing that he’s “been praying to the MMA gods that I run into DC” following a web based back-and-forth between the 2 in Might.
The meat stems from Buckley’s extensively panned post-fight interview following his unanimous determination win over Nursulton Ruziboev in entrance of a hometown crowd at UFC St. Louis. Cormier was one among many inside the MMA neighborhood to criticize Buckley’s callout of Conor McGregor as a waste of precious microphone time, and forward of Buckley’s scheduled combat in opposition to Stephen Thompson at UFC 307, “DC” can’t imagine he’s nonetheless listening to about this.
“Why are fighters so delicate? It’s unhealthy. I imply, it’s unhealthy,” Cormier stated Wednesday on his YouTube channel alongside Ben Askren. “Like bro, that Joaquin Buckley has nonetheless been attempting to combat me and decide on me? Bro, why? Why? Why?”
“So Joaquin, in the event you take heed to this, don’t be mad at me too simply because I’m mates with Daniel, however I agree with Daniel,” Askren stated. “And I like Joaquin Buckley. I feel he’s a superb dude, trains with Nick Simmons. I agree with [Cormier]. No, I agreed, I agreed with you completely. And that is the place, once more, don’t take your self too significantly — you’re not going to hit 100% of the time, proper? Daniel Cormier, perhaps he’ll have a superb drive every now and then, however he shanks a few of them into the woods when he golfs.
“That’s what Joaquin Buckley did in that post-fight, he shanked it into the woods. Calling out McGregor? It was simply ridiculous. Perhaps in the event you’re going to do one thing like that, make one line about him. However don’t make the entire thing about him, proper? Say one line simply to get his identify in there, after which go off on anyone else — it might’ve been a lot better.”
UFC 307 takes place Oct. 5 on the Delta Middle in Salt Lake Metropolis. Cormier is anticipated to function a colour commentator on the published crew for the pay-per-view occasion.
Buckley and Cormier’s preliminary squabble after UFC St. Louis culminated with Buckley telling Cormier — in addition to fellow UFC analysts Chael Sonnen and Michael Bisping — “Ya mommas raised some hoes,” which led to Cormier firing again with an expletive-filled tirade aimed on the UFC welterweight contender. Cormier’s mom handed away in 2022.
Although a number of months have handed, it’s clear the trade nonetheless sits on Buckley’s thoughts. He instructed MMA Preventing that whereas there’s “no beef” on his aspect, he’s completely satisfied to “determine these things out [with Cormier] if there’s a difficulty or a misunderstanding.” Buckley added that he simply needs to talk to Cormier at UFC 307, but when the previous two-division champion needs to escalate issues, “We will all the time get this work in as martial artists and hash it out.”
For what it’s value, although, Cormier appears fairly unbothered.
“Oh my gosh. You don’t have any thought how unhealthy he’s, how mad Joaquin Buckley’s going to be,” Cormier stated with amusing after Askren’s rant.
“Properly, he must cease,” Askren stated. “He must cease. You gave him good recommendation.”
“Joaquin Buckley’s going to see me in Salt Lake Metropolis,” Cormier stated. “He stated he appears to be like ahead to working into me. He says he’s been praying to run into me.”
“That’s the place, you will have a big persona, a big following,” Askren stated. “So plenty of these fighters, they’re virtually continually considering — I feel clout chasing is overused, however perhaps that’s slightly bit like [what this is]. They surprise, ‘What sort of interactions can I get to make folks care?’”
