{"id":191124,"date":"2016-04-05T13:57:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T20:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191124"},"modified":"2016-04-05T13:57:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T20:57:31","slug":"daniel-cormier-invites-ovince-saint-preux-train-discredits-easy-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-invites-ovince-saint-preux-train-discredits-easy-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier invites Ovince Saint Preux to train and then discredits him as an easy opponent"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier shocked a lot of people when he offered to help train Ovince Saint Preux<\/a> in his interim light heavyweight championship fight against former champion Jon Jones at UFC 197.<\/p>\n

Saint Preux, who serves as a replacement for an injured Cormier politely declined the champ’s offer<\/a> saying, “Definitely appreciate the invitation, but I think with everything we\u2019ve got going on over here\u2026 My coach came up with a solid game plan and I think we definitely gonna be okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although very respectful, “OSP’s” response may have upset Cormier a bit. Apparently, Cormier thinks that Saint Preux isn’t much of a threat and would fight him with just one day’s notice and also feels Jones would have pulled out of the fight if it was against a fighter of a different caliber.<\/p>\n

Cormier tweeted in the middle of a back-and-forth twitter battle with Jones and fans, “O my god jones is cool he took late notice fight, yea I’d fight osp too. I’d do it on 1 day notice. Harder fight you’d tuck ur tail again.” <\/p>\n

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O my god jones is cool he took late notice fight, yea I'd fight osp too. I'd do it on 1 day notice. Harder fight you'd tuck ur tail again<\/p>\n

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 4, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n