Tidigare under månaden meddelades det att Alexander Gustafsson skadats inför titelmatchen mot lätt tungviktsmästaren Jon Jones, och in klev istället Daniel Cormier för att ta platsen. Här kan ni läsa vad Cormier har att säga om det kommande mötet där Daniel bland annat meddelar att han hoppas Jones fokuserar på hans knä, via ”The MMA Hour”:
If he didn’t, I’d be very disappointed. As a competitor, I’d be very disappointed in Jon Jones if he didn’t. As a competitor he’s had injuries too, that I need to target and I am going to.
I’m not in his mind or under his skin, but I know that he knows that he’s got a real fight ahead of him on September 27. So maybe he’s trying to use mind tricks on me to affect me, but that it is so petty and childish. You can not use mind games on me. I’ve dealt with this stuff for so long in my life, that mind tricks wont ever work.
I believe that on Sept. 27, reach and height, none of that is going to matter because I believe I have the ability to beat Jon and i have the ability to compete with Jon and the confidence in knowing that I can get the job done.
This is the first time you have two undefeated guys fighting for the championship. This is a big deal, man, This is the type of fight we need in MMA to show that guys can sustain being undefeated for a long time, get to the top of the sport and fight each other for the ultimate prize. This is a big deal. I can feel it, I know Jon can feel it and I can’t wait for it.
Cormier möter Jon den 27 september under UFC 178, vid ”MGM Grand Garden Arena” i Las Vegas.
