{"id":268488,"date":"2018-01-23T06:58:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T14:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=268488"},"modified":"2018-01-23T06:58:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T14:58:02","slug":"daniel-cormier-gives-precise-date-retirment-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-gives-precise-date-retirment-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier gives precise date for his retirment from MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, in the co-main event of UFC 220, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier defended his title with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/ufc-220-results-daniel-cormier-mauls-volkan-oezdemir-retain-title-highlights\/\">a second-round TKO of Volkan Oezdemir<\/a>. From the sounds of it, this will probably one of the last fights of Cormier&#8217;s career.<\/p>\n<p>While he hopes to fight through 2018, Cormier said on Monday&#8217;s edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WXzA0pfvO6w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MMA Hour<\/a> that he will retire by March 20, 2019 \u2013 the day of his 40th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome March [of this year], I will have 12 months, at max, left,\u201d Cormier said. \u201cI\u2019m going to be done by Mar. 20, 2019. I won\u2019t be fighting again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cormier then elaborated on the reasons for his choice to retire at 40.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to be done at 40,\u201d He said. \u201cI won\u2019t be back. There won\u2019t be jumping around or, \u2018I\u2019m done until I get the right type of fight.\u2019 It\u2019ll be over. I\u2019m not going to be doing this anymore. I\u2019ve said time and time again that I\u2019ve lived a great life in sports. I\u2019ve loved every moment of it. My family has revolved around sports. Not only my family \u2013 [my wife] Selena and the kids \u2013\u00a0but also my mom and my dad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been the center of the athletic universe for my family for a really, really long time. It\u2019s time for that to be little Daniel and Marquita. It\u2019s time for them to be the center of our athletic competition, and I just want to be one of those crazy dads that gets to yell on the sideline and just go crazy and brag about his kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cormier then weighed in on possible opponents for the final bouts of his career, discussing Alexander Gustafsson and Jon Jones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not about them anymore; it\u2019s about me. It\u2019s my story,\u201d Cormier said. \u201cI don\u2019t care who I fight over the course of this next 14 months. It\u2019s going to be who\u2019s deserving. My legacy, my career, is not tied to beating Alexander (Gustafsson) more convincingly this time or finally beating Jon Jones. It doesn\u2019t matter to me anymore. It\u2019s about me and what I\u2019m doing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, I have to be OK with my career when it\u2019s said and done, and my career is good with me when it\u2019s said and done, whether I beat Jones or if I have to beat Gustafsson, or if I never face him. I\u2019m fine with everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Daniel Cormier fight before he retires?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 1\/23\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, in the co-main event of UFC 220, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier defended his title with a second-round TKO of Volkan Oezdemir. 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