Lätt tungviktsmästaren Daniel Cormier lyckades slutligen försvara sitt bälte, då han plockade hem en delad domslutsseger mot Alexander Gustafsson vid UFC 192. Cormier har efter titelmatchen enbart hyllat Gustafsson för sin insats, och nu gör han det igen via ”MMAFighting”:
The knee hurt very bad, because it was surprising. A lot of times I was catching knees, I was kind of turning away from them and they were kind of grazing me. But that one landed right on the chin and I was really hurt. I got hurt against ‘Rumble’ and I was able to get away from the follow-up shots, because I know those are the ones that really put you out. Well, when Alex hurt me with the knee, I didn’t get away from the follow-up left hook and it landed, that’s why I fell. And I was like, ‘Oh man, this is not good. What happened?’
I respect him 110-percent. I think Alexander Gustafsson is phenomenal fighter. He’s every bit as good as me and Jones, so if anybody questions the top three guys in the division, I think it’s us three. 100-percent. Because that kid laid it on the line with both of us.
If you match me with a lot of the guys in the top-10, they won’t fight me like that, as I’ve shown. You’ve seen what Jones has done to the guys in the top-10. The common factor is Gustafsson, and both of us had five-round wars with him where it literally went down to the fifth round, with both guys who have held the belt last. So that kid really has nothing to be ashamed of, man. He fought his tail and he’s such a stud.
Vad som står på tur för de båda kämparna återstår att se, men vi vill i alla fall se Alexander ta sig an Rashad Evans härnäst, och Cormier möter med största sannolikhet Ryan Bader om inte Jon Jones kommer tillbaka inom kort.
