{"id":159900,"date":"2015-08-10T07:49:01","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T14:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=159900"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:22:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:22:34","slug":"alexander-gustafssons-crowning-achievement-is-losing-he-cant-beat-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/alexander-gustafssons-crowning-achievement-is-losing-he-cant-beat-me\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Alexander Gustafsson&#8217;s crowning achievement is losing, he can&#8217;t beat me&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daniel-Cormier.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-159820\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daniel-Cormier.png\" alt=\"Daniel Cormier\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daniel-Cormier.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daniel-Cormier-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daniel-Cormier-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Daniel-Cormier-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daniel Cormier is set to defend his UFC Light Heavyweight Championship against Alexander Gustafsson in October at UFC 192 and he&#8217;s already starting the trash talk. DC was a guest on former pro wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/podcastone.com\/pg\/jsp\/program\/episode.jsp?programID=436&amp;amp;pid=527853\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">podcast<\/a> and laid the verbal smack down on Gustafsson.<\/p>\n<p>Austin brought up the fact that Gus almost defeated Jon Jones, a man that DC was handily defeated by. Cormier&#8217;s response was brutal and honest:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Alexander Gustafsson is a guy whose crowning achievement in the sport of mixed martial arts is fighting somebody close and losing. That\u2019s what defines Alexander Gustafsson. Because of that, my ability and championship mettle will carry me in a fight where\u2014 I\u2019m not a guy who\u2019s known for fighting someone close. I\u2019m known for winning the Strikeforce Grand Prix. I\u2019m known for winning the UFC championship. I\u2019m known for being an olympian. 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