'DC' acknowledged one of his strategies that were used in Sydney last weekend by a current UFC champion.
Daniel Cormier is one of the greatest hunters we have seen in the Achthoek, but during his time at Light Heavyweight his success was always compared to his great rival, Jon Jones. The former Champ camp now works as an important part of the commentary cabin.
He was on the call for UFC 312 on Sunday afternoon in the Qudos Bank Arena, and after the conclusion of the main event where Dricus Du Plessis successfully defended the middleweight title against Sean Strickland, called 'Still Knocks' the challenge he wants afterwards.
The South African called the light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira of the UFC who was in the corner of Strickland instead of mentioning the name of the next consensus in line, Khamzat Chimaev.
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Daniel Cormier reflects when he tried to strive for a fight with Jimi Manuwa over the Jones Rematch
In a recent episode of ESPN MMA's Good Guy/Bad Guy, Daniel Cormier spoke about the decision of Dricus Du Plessis to insist on Alex Pereira's fight for the most logical next step for him.
'DC' told Chael Sonnen that it remembered him when he did something similar after his light heavyweight title defense about Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson on UFC 210.
Although he knew that Jon Jones was present at the Keybank Center in Buffalo, Cormier chose to focus his attention on Jimi Manuwa, who would be an easier challenge for him to overcome despite a series of back-to-outdowns for overcoming him to overcome him .
“The moment Rogan goes, I shout to Jimi Manuwa,” he explained. “I shout at Jimi Manuwa. Jimi Manuwa has won three fights in a row, people are enthusiastic about him. I know I break Jimi Manuwa and Jimi Manuwa is in the bead. On the left is Jon Jones, he is behind the Jagerseal.
“I tried not to sell him because I knew that guy, Jon Jones, would be much more difficult than Jimi Manuwa. I had something like that if we get a different title defense, I try to get a different deficiency defense, but that is exactly what I felt that Dricus did. “
Cormier continued to clarify that he did not say that Du Plessis is trying to avoid Khamzat Chimaev. In his case, the Manuwa fight did not come out and 'DC' went against Jones in their long -awaited UFC 214 Rematch.
'Fighters know. It is not that you think you are going to lose, it is as if I know it is a more difficult night in the office. Are you going to fight against Jones? Or am I trying to fight Jimi Manuwa? For me it was logical as a businessman, so I tried not to sell Jones and then Rogan asked me about him anyway. “
Dricus Du Plessis is currently trying to take advantage of
As Daniel Cormier said, Dricus du Plessis is insisting on Alex Pereira's fight, not because he does not think he can beat Khamzat Chimaev, but on paper 'Patan' is probably a better stylistic matchup for him.
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There is also the element that the South African will not be able to go upstairs and immediately challenge Pereira for the light heavyweight title if he is no longer the 185 pound title holder. This means that he is self -confident or not to defeat Chimaev, it is a risk that he could deny him a huge opportunity to define his estate.
It seems that the Chimaev fight will be the next for 'still knows', but if he is able to overcome the undefeated challenger, he might get his chance to go up a division.
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