Den nye dubbelmästaren Daniel Cormier hävdade innan sitt möte med Stipe Miocic att fighters som den forne mellanviktsmästaren Anderson Silva och före detta lätt-tungviktsmästaren Jon Jones, inte ska nämnas när man pratar om de absolut bästa genom tiderna inom sporten MMA. Detta eftersom de två tidigare har åkt fast för dopning.
Det här hade Cormier att säga i en intervju som gjordes under gårdagen i Slip n’ Dip Podcast:
Demetrious [Johnson], Georges St-Pierre, these guys have none of these bad things tied to their names and these are the guys I should share the conversation with. I’ve never had any negatives and I’ve never had to go in front of any commission and explain why my test came up messed up. That’s why I should be in the conversation because I’ve done things the correct way.
Silva har nu svarat Cormier på uttalandet, via CBS:
It’s very interesting because I take the fight against Daniel [on two days’ notice at UFC 200 in 2016] and I had been training absolutely nothing for months and I had surgery already in my body and I took the fight in saving Daniel money because Jon Jones failed the test. But it’s very interesting Daniel talking about that because when you have problems, everybody has problems. When you talk about people, you need to be careful because you never know about your life. You never know about your future.
I think Daniel is very lucky and completely lucky because never beating Jon Jones, of course, because Jon Jones in my opinion is the best fighter at 205 [pounds]. When I took the fight, Daniel didn’t do nothing. He was completely lucky. He was more lucky because I didn’t take the fight for five rounds and just three, and he don’t do nothing but just hit the ground and use his weight. Why are you talking? Why does Daniel talk? I respect, but Daniel don’t have to talk about that because I’m very sad about that.
That’s the first time I saw this news. I respect Daniel, but when he is talking about me and Jon Jones, he’s completely crazy because Jon Jones is the best fighter. I tried to make everything perfect inside the cage for my fans. I don’t know… but it’s OK … this is Daniel Cormier.
Vad tycker ni, platsar Silva när man pratar om vem som är ’Greatest of All Time’ i MMA?
