Daniel Cormier Blasts Alexander Gustafsson on Twitter over Luke Rockhold Comments
Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight ruler Daniel
Cormier has fired back at Alexander
Gustafsson in relation to comments the Swede made towards
Luke
Rockhold.
Rockhold earlier this week talked about competing at light heavyweight now that Cormier is moving up to heavyweight to challenge Stipe Miocic for the title. Rockhold was also quoted saying there are “easier fights” in the light heavyweight division.
Gustafsson took exception to those comments and posted the
following on his Instagram account:
Cormier is Rockhold’s long-time friend and former training partner at American Kickboxing Academy. They clearly still have a strong bond and the champ joined in the social media war of words with the following:
Cormier had previously beaten Gustafsson by split decision at UFC 192 in a very close fight back in October 2015. “DC” was beaten up badly and praised the Swede for his performance that night, referring to him as “one of the best fighters in the world.” On Wednesday however, Cormier posted on Twitter that the reason the fight went that way is because he wanted to prove he was the real champion in the absence of Jon Jones. Instead of just taking him down all night he wanted to stand and bang with “The Mauler.”
Rockhold earlier this week talked about competing at light heavyweight now that Cormier is moving up to heavyweight to challenge Stipe Miocic for the title. Rockhold was also quoted saying there are “easier fights” in the light heavyweight division.
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Cormier is Rockhold’s long-time friend and former training partner at American Kickboxing Academy. They clearly still have a strong bond and the champ joined in the social media war of words with the following:
Nice timing Alexander(kick him while he’s down huh). I got a better idea tho he doesn’t fight you next. He fights Robert Whitaker, I mean sometimes that happens right. You lose your way into a title shot! #thegustafsonway
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) February 15, 2018
Cormier had previously beaten Gustafsson by split decision at UFC 192 in a very close fight back in October 2015. “DC” was beaten up badly and praised the Swede for his performance that night, referring to him as “one of the best fighters in the world.” On Wednesday however, Cormier posted on Twitter that the reason the fight went that way is because he wanted to prove he was the real champion in the absence of Jon Jones. Instead of just taking him down all night he wanted to stand and bang with “The Mauler.”
It was tough because I fought him that way. I could have made the whole fight look like round 1. Think about this tho. He lost a 5 round stand up fight to me. By the end of the fight he was the one wrestling lol https://t.co/peOEGKEyq6
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) February 15, 2018
2015 was big year for me. With the way I won belt all the fake champ claims I felt I had to prove something. Had to do it better than Jones. Do something to try and clear the shadow a bit. So I fought him like that. We fight again tho he’s on his back whole fight https://t.co/Jn1DX69Lo5
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) February 15, 2018
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