UFC:s huvudsaklige kommentator Jon Anik har uttalat sig om konflikten mellan kollegorna Dominick Cruz och Daniel Cormier där den tidigare kritiserat den senares insats som kommentator.
Jon Anik uttalar sig om konflikten mellan Daniel Cormier och Dominick Cruz
Cruz (23-3) som är tänkt att möta Pedro Munhoz (19-6) inatt vid UFC 269 sågade i torsdags Cormier för att han inte förbereder sig tillräckligt inför matcherna han kommenterar. Cruz valde istället att hylla Jon Anik som ett föredöme. Han sade följande enligt BJPenn.com:
I watch Anik do so much homework leading up to a fight. People have no idea how much homework he has to do to be prepared for that, and the most kudos goes to him. He leads us in the broadcast with how he talks. When it comes to Daniel Cormier, I usually mute it. I love ‘DC’, he’s my friend, but to me, from my experience, he doesn’t do the homework. He wants to get in and out, get the job done, make his money. And I think he cares about us, but it’s just different. He doesn’t do the preparation from my experience.
Cormier valde sedan att konfrontera Cruz gällande de kontroversiella kommentarerna.
Nu har Jon Anik också valt att uttala sig om meningsskiljaktigheterna mellan kollegorna:
It went from entertaining I think to start – to being a little disappointing. I knew inevitably I was going to be asked about it. They all prepare differently, so I’m not going to engage too much as far as that’s concerned. Dominick and I have spent a lot of time together, so he has seen me intimately prepare for these shows, so I appreciate he had some kind things to say. But any time the broadcast teams are taking any shine away from the athletes that are competing, this is not an ideal situation.
The fact that Dana White is being asked about the broadcasters and that friction at the press conference, we’re talking about this instead of Geoff Neal and Santiago Ponzinibbio as our kicker to the interview. So I don’t like when we or any broadcasters take any shine away from our athletes.
I slutändan hoppas Anik bara att Cormier och Cruz kan förbli vänner och lämna detta bakom sig:
Hopefully there’s lessons to learn all around. Dom don’t give a rip what people think. He shoots from the hip. He’s one of my best friends in the world and he’s insulted me to my face and he’s been right. He’s not afraid to tell it how it is. There are many instances in the past where Dominick has shot from the hip and it doesn’t seem to grab many headlines. Hopefully, they can smooth things over in terms of their personal relationship, but Dominick Cruz is not going to back down I can tell you that.
