{"id":261013,"date":"2017-10-05T15:30:57","date_gmt":"2017-10-05T22:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=261013"},"modified":"2017-10-05T15:30:57","modified_gmt":"2017-10-05T22:30:57","slug":"daniel-cormier-backstage-jon-jones-altercation-dc-ufc-214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-johnson\/daniel-cormier-backstage-jon-jones-altercation-dc-ufc-214\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Johnson Responds to &#8216;Cry Baby&#8217; Daniel Cormier&#8217;s Criticisms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just yesterday, Daniel Cormier <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-comeback-heavyweight-retirement-return\/\">spoke out on Anthony Johnson&#8217;s alleged return<\/a> to the UFC in the heavyweight division. It wasn&#8217;t just that, but he told an in-depth story that took place backstage, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/anthony-johnson\/daniel-cormier-backstage-story-respect-jon-jones-light-heavyweight-ufc-214\/\">detailing an interaction<\/a> between him and then Jon Jones. Cormier had revealed he lost respect for his former opponent and called him &#8216;soft&#8217;, that he&#8217;d never look at him the same again. Well, Johnson got word of this and boy, did he have something to say about it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span>&#8220;Damn D.C. didn&#8217;t know you were salty cuz I talk to the 1 guy that knocked you out. F-cking soft is what you called me, oh well that&#8217;s your opinion.\u00a0<\/span><span>Saying I gave Jon [Jones] advice lol buddy what advice is there to give him? I wasn&#8217;t fighting either one of you, so there&#8217;s no point of giving advice. That&#8217;s not my style! I believe in fair fights period.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you for the words of wisdom <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anthony_Rumble?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Anthony_Rumble<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bvy8Vaw96I\">pic.twitter.com\/Bvy8Vaw96I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonnyBones\/status\/891137910975508480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span>&#8220;Friends? We were NEVER friends! I&#8217;ve respected every man in the sport no matter what. I&#8217;ve shown JBJ respect through his tough times and have shown you respect the same way.\u00a0<\/span><span>I retired cuz I have other things in life I want to do but just cuz I met with UFC and talked you have an issue.\u00a0<\/span><span>So, take your cry baby ass on and praise God that Jon screwed up and you got the belt back that way!&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RumbleJohnson\/posts\/10210478460623708?pnref=story\">Anthony Johnson on his official Facebook<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s right, he pulled a Dana White: &#8216;We were never friends.&#8217; In this era of combat sports, it&#8217;s hard to tell what a beef is for beef&#8217;s sake, or if this is all a ploy to get a title shot if or when he returns to the UFC. The fact that his manager said he could come back in the heavyweight division could just be a red herring. Either way, this is surely not going to end here. We&#8217;ll keep an eye out for Daniel Cormier&#8217;s response.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\">BJPenn.com<\/a><span>\u00a0<\/span>on 10\/5\/2017.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just yesterday, Daniel Cormier spoke out on Anthony Johnson&#8217;s alleged return to the UFC in the heavyweight division. It wasn&#8217;t just that, but he told an in-depth story that took place backstage, detailing an interaction between him and then Jon Jones. 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