Former UFC double champion (light heavyweight and heavyweight) and retired MMA athlete, Daniel Cormier has made himself clear he doesn't intend to fight Jake Paul, but if it happens, it must follow his conditions. In an interview to ESPN.com, "DC" said he would fight Paul in Boxing but in MMA and that he is willing to teach Paul a lesson.
“I don’t want to fight Jake Paul,” Cormier said. “But I’m not gonna let Jake Paul disrespect me. Let me tell you one thing about Jake Paul and I’ll refer back to the Conor McGregor deal. Conor went to fight Floyd, made a ton of money, because he had to. Floyd Mayweather is the greatest boxer of all time, so you go play on his playing field. Why would I go and box Jake Paul? Who I am doesn’t make me chase anything. I made my money as the heavyweight champion of the world. I don’t have to chase a payday.
This kid wants to fight, okay, I’ll fight him. But it will be a mixed martial arts competition. If he wants to actually fight with me, fight me in mixed martial arts and then I’ll fight him all the way down at 205. I’m living fat and happy and healthy, I’ll go all the way down to 205 to fight this kid in mixed martial arts. This is not going to be fun. I’m telling you right now, at 42 years old, bad back and everything, I’m going to torture him and I’m going to hurt him. I don’t want to box him, I don’t want to fight in a limited skill set of rules. If you want to fight me, you really want to fight me, fight me in a mixed martial arts competition. I’m going to rip his face apart and I’m gonna hurt the kid," Cormier said.
The former athlete also gave details about the argument he had had with Jake Paul in the backstage at UFC 261, last Saturday (24). "DC" was participating in the broadcast by the ESP when he saw Paul and went to talk to him about the recent public statements.
“There are a lot of things that I can handle in my life. One, is like I feel like this guy’s being like that, disrespectful, talking in a way that I don’t feel he would do to my face. I can’t deal with that. So I was sitting at the table and somebody was like, ‘Jake Paul’s here.’ So I look behind me and he’s like making faces at me and waving at me. So I just walk over there and he kind of leans in like we’re going to have a conversation and his hands were in his pocket. I said, ‘Hey, I’m not gonna play your games. Don’t mess with me.’ I’m not a kid to play with like this. I’m not gonna be on the internet, messing around and all this other stuff. I go, ‘Keep my name out of your mouth.’”
“And then security came and once the security got around he started to play big boy a little bit, started trying to point and do all that. But initially his hands were in his pocket and he kind of leans in and I say, ‘I’m not gonna play your game.’ I wanted to grab his face. I was gonna grab him by the face, but I would have got in trouble by the UFC. I wanted to grab him by the face and smash him to the ground, but I can’t do that at work, I would have got into a lot of trouble,” Cormier stated.
Antes sem lutar desde 2016, Miesha Tate retornou ao MMA em julho deste ano, derrotando Marion Reneau por nocaute técnico no terceiro round pelo UFC Vegas. O resultado colocou a ex-campeã peso-galo do UFC na oitava posição do ranking da categoria e, consequentemente, trouxe a americana de volta aos nomes de destaque da divisão até 61kg, que tem a brasileira Amanda Nunes como atual detentora do cinturão.
A volta triunfal ao Ultimate após quase cinco anos sem lutar empolgou Miesha. Com duelo marcado diante de Ketlen Vieira para o dia 16 de outubro, a “Cupcake” concedeu entrevista ao site “Give me Sport” e expressou seu desejo em ter uma nova oportunidade contra Amanda em disputa pelo cinturão peso-galo. Além disso, Tate demonstrou respeito pela “Leoa”, a quem classificou como a melhor da história do MMA.
“Eu quero ser a melhor novamente. Não tenho a menor dúvida de que posso ser campeã de novo e que posso pegar o cinturão de Amanda Nunes ou de quem quer que o tenha. Sempre penso nela, porque foi a mulher que roubou de mim e parece imparável. Ela é fenomenal, mas as pessoas se perdem em sua aura de invencibilidade. Tenho todo o respeito do mundo por ela. Para mim, ela é a melhor lutadora da história, mas não é invencível. Ela é humana, assim como eu e você. Ela é vencível e já vimos isso antes”, afirmou Miesha.
“A evolução dela foi admirável, mas aguarde até ver a minha evolução. Aguarde até ver a continuação da minha evolução. Ela não lutou comigo no meu melhor dia. Ela não lutou comigo nem perto do meu melhor. Eu não estava nem perto do meu melhor. Tudo vai se encaixar e acredito de todo coração e alma, que vou me tornar campeã novamente. Acho que lutarei com Holly (Holm) de novo, mas, no meu mundo perfeito, serei campeã antes de lutar com Holly. Ela lutará comigo pelo cinturão. Isso é o que eu quero”, completou Tate.
Atualmente com 35 anos, Miesha Tate possui um cartel de 19 vitórias e sete derrotas no MMA profissional. A experiente lutadora enfrentou Amanda Nunes pela primeira vez em 2016, na luta principal do UFC 200. Na ocasião, a brasileira teve grande atuação e finalizou Miesha no primeiro round ao aplicar um mata-leão.
Jornalista apaixonado por lutas e Futebol. Trabalhando pela TATAME desde 2015, tive a honra e o privilégio de cobrir grandes eventos de MMA, Jiu-Jitsu e outras artes marciais ao longo dos últimos anos, além de entrevistar alguns dos maiores nomes do mundo das lutas. "Obcecado" por informação, sempre disposto a contar novas histórias e presenciar momentos marcantes.
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