Det är mindre än 1,5 månad kvar tills att den regerande mästaren i lätt tungvikt Daniel Cormier tar sig an svenske Alexander Gustafsson, och inför det mötet är mästaren väldigt självsäker.
I en intervju med MMAJunkie.com ifrågasätter Cormier svenskens psyke, som enligt honom fått sig en ordentlig törn efter frölusten på hemmaplan mot Anthony ”Rumble” Johnson. Det faktum att Alex efter matchen i diverse intervjuer sagt att han var nära att sluta med MMA efter förlusten, ger Cormier ett psykologisk övertag inför deras möte.
Being the way that he lost to Anthony (Johnson) kind of made it surprising that I was fighting him. But for me, if there was a guy, I’d prefer it be a guy who just experienced what he did in the octagon last time he was there, because not only did he get destroyed, he publicly said he was thinking about stopping fighting and pursuing something different.
You’ve got to be all-in on this sport; you can’t be one foot out the door. For me, my confidence is very high after hearing him saying those things. You don’t quit after you get beat. You pick yourself up and you start rebuilding to accomplish your goals.
Anybody fighting right now that’s thinking about the other side, you do hold a little bit of an advantage. I’m not saying it’s an advantage to win the fight going out, but going into your training sessions, you don’t have your eyes on what’s next. You’re still focusing in the moment.
He had to get refocused and think about doing this again. He thought about quitting, and at the end of the day, that’s not good when you’re fighting
Cormier och Alex möts på UFC 192 i Houston, Texas, den 3:e oktober.
