Jim Rome<\/a> on his gameplan and decision to not stand and trade strikes with “The Spider.”<\/p>\n“I took the fight because I made a commitment, I made a commitment to myself, to my family, my friends, the fans, and also to the UFC that I would be there to compete, so I went out there and I did it. I went out there and I fought Anderson Silva, and you know what? I got a big ‘W’ and that\u2019s massive for my career going forward.”<\/p>\n
Cormier went on to mention a number of reasons why he ended up being the bad guy at UFC 200.<\/p>\n
“\u201cPeople like restoration projects, people like the comeback stories. As people, we\u2019re rooting for Jon. I was saying he\u2019s not going to change, he\u2019s the same guy, and I think in that moment people were like he\u2019s callous, he doesn\u2019t have a heart in regards to this and people started to boo me and cheer Jon, and I think it\u2019s just become what they do,\u201d Cormier said. “Maybe [fans] didn\u2019t like the wrestling, maybe they just thought they didn\u2019t like seeing Anderson get beat, but my job is to go out there and win. I\u2019ve had my last three fights, against Jones was fight of the night, my fight against ‘Rumble’ Johnson was performance of the night, and my fight against Alexander Gustafsson was fight of the night and number two fight of the year last year, so I\u2019ve been involved in some barn burners.”<\/p>\n
“It was me fighting in the way I needed to and what am I supposed to do, stand in front of Anderson Silva? It would be catastrophic if I lost that fight to Anderson, still was the champion, and then Anderson went down a weight class and challenged for the belt, like where was I supposed to go from there?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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