{"id":170070,"date":"2015-10-08T05:09:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T12:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=170070"},"modified":"2022-02-04T17:43:16","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T01:43:16","slug":"d-c-if-jon-jones-is-ready-so-am-i-explains-decision-to-stand-with-gustafsson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/d-c-if-jon-jones-is-ready-so-am-i-explains-decision-to-stand-with-gustafsson\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C.: &#8216;If Jon Jones Is Ready So Am I&#8217; &#8212; Explains Decision to Stand With Gustafsson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/AfmW6vldtcc<\/p>\n<p><b>Daniel Cormier on not wrestling Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192: <\/b>\u201cIt was a part of the plan to wrestle him and my coaches were going crazy for me to get a takedown. But after a while you settle into a fight. I like to fight. Once I saw blood, I had a fight. I said I wanted to win a standup fight against him and people laughed at me. I wanted to prove that I could do it.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><b>Cormier on getting hurt by the knee in the third:<\/b> \u201cI got hit with that knee and it hurt, but it was the left hook that followed that put me down. I was cruising into the third before that. That was the most I\u2019ve been hurt in my career.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><u><\/u>\u00a0<u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><b>Cormier on his opinion of Gustafsson after the fight:<\/b> \u201cI think he\u2019s an A-plus fighter and a really good guy. I treated him with respect. He\u2019s one of the best in the world. Even though he didn\u2019t win, he\u2019s a champion inside the Octagon.\u201d<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><wbr><\/wbr>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p><b>Cormier on if he will fight Jones or Bader next:<\/b> \u201cRyan Bader did really stick it to us by beating Rashad. He changed the game. He has by far earned the title shot. But Jones is going to get it if he comes back. Jon and I did big business in January and we\u2019ll do bigger business next time. This is the biggest fight the UFC can do. The UFC is a business. Ryan, I apologize to you. I think you might have to fight again. He understands and see\u2019s what\u2019s going on in this business.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/AfmW6vldtcc Daniel Cormier on not wrestling Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 192: \u201cIt was a part of the plan to wrestle him and my coaches were going crazy for me to get a takedown. 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