{"id":161723,"date":"2015-08-20T11:33:14","date_gmt":"2015-08-20T18:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=161723"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:13:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:13:26","slug":"daniel-cormier-i-have-a-mental-advantage-over-gustafsson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/daniel-cormier-i-have-a-mental-advantage-over-gustafsson\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier: I Have A Mental Advantage Over Gustafsson’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is gearing up to do battle with Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192, where he’ll defend his belt for the first time.<\/p>\n

Cormier won the title after submitting Anthony Johnson in a fight to determine who would grab the vacant belt after former king Jon Jones was suspended and stripped.<\/p>\n

A lot of people were shocked and confused when the UFC announced that Gustafsson would be challenging for the title, after being KO’d by Johnson in his previous fight.<\/p>\n

Cormier was a little shocked too, but ultimately thinks it will lead to a small mental advantage.<\/p>\n

Here’s what he told MMAJunkie<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing 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\u2019d 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.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAnybody fighting right now that\u2019s thinking about the other side, you do hold a little bit of an advantage. I\u2019m not saying it\u2019s an advantage to win the fight going out, but going into your training sessions, you don\u2019t have your eyes on what\u2019s next. You\u2019re still focusing in the moment.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cHe had to get refocused and think about doing this again. He thought about quitting, and at the end of the day, that\u2019s not good when you\u2019re fighting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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