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Daniel Cormier har sett sin match mot Jon Jones 100 gånger

Vissa fighters väljer att aldrig se om sina förluster på video igen, speciellt inte om det var en titelmatch. Det är dock ingenting som Daniel Cormier har problem med.

Han berättar att han nu har sett sin förlorade match mot Jon Jones ca 100 gånger, med syftet att analysera sin egna teknik och för att hålla lågan vid liv.

Det här berättar Cormier, via ”MMAFigthing”:

I’ve watched it 100 times. It has to burn, it has to feel so bad. It has to punch you in the gut every time you watch it.

Every time I watch it, I watch a very competitive fight, and I watch one guy stay the course, one guy get off course, and that guy was me. I watch my facial expressions change, and I watch my demeanor change, and I watch me go into a mode I shouldn’t have been fighting in. I should have continued to go forward, I should have continued to pressure him, and press him.

Något som Cormier hävdar är en av flera anledningar är att hans träningspartner Cain Velasquez knäskada hindrade dem att ta träningen till nästa nivå:

It was a very big deal not having Cain. Because Cain, you need those days where you’re in the gym and, you know, you don’t just have success, you get beat up. There are days Cain will just beat me up and I needed something like that that in preparation for Jones. So you saw the beginning of the fight, I was able to keep the sort of pace I wanted to keep for five rounds, but I didn’t necessarily have anyone to push me in fourth or fifth rounds to do that, it was a big deal not having Velasquez for this fight, but at the end of the day Jon got the job done.

Cormier känner dock ingen ilska eller irritation över det som hände efter matchen, som inkluderade obscena gester och skadeglädje från Jones håll:

I thought that was exactly what he should have done. Would I have done that? No. But that’s exactly what he should have done as a warrior. Jon said a couple things that stuck with me. ”I don’t feel sorry for him, this is combat.’ It’s true. He shouldn’t feel sorry for me. He won on that night. He got his hand raised. He had the right type of attitude.

Cormier jämför förlusten med en som han tidigare upplevde under Olympiska spelen 2004 då han hamnade på 4:e plats och 2008 då han missade vikt. Det är nu hans huvudsakliga motivation för att fortsätta träna hårt för att försöka vinna nästa gång.

In the Olympics, I did some things wrong. Not dieting in the correct way, not always doing things right. This time I did. I thought all my ducks were in a row. I thought this time the stars were going to align for me and they didn’t. So yeah, it was tough. I really did believe in my heart, I could get the job done. When it didn’t, it was tough.

I’m not over it, it will never be over. I’m not a sore loser or anything, but nothing changed. There’s no relationship between Jon and I, there won’t be a relationship between Jon and I, I just hope that we can cross paths and not actually go after each other.

Cormier mötte Jones under UFC 182 i början på januari och förlorade då via enhälligt domslut.

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