{"id":273340,"date":"2018-03-27T10:45:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T17:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=273340"},"modified":"2018-03-27T10:45:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T17:45:47","slug":"ahead-of-ufc-226-super-fight-daniel-cormier-shares-the-biggest-regret-of-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/ahead-of-ufc-226-super-fight-daniel-cormier-shares-the-biggest-regret-of-his-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of UFC 226 super fight, Daniel Cormier shares the biggest regret of his career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has accomplished more in his 39 years than most of us could in several lifetimes. When he moves back up to the heavyweight division to challenge reigning king Stipe Miocic at UFC 226 on July 7, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-will-be-fighting-for-more-than-just-the-ufc-heavyweight-title-at-ufc-226\/\">he stands to accomplish even more<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That, of course, doesn&#8217;t mean Cormier&#8217;s life is devoid of regret. The champ is human, after all, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-ronda-rousey-snaps-at-interviewer-after-poorly-worded-question\/\">if he could time-travel,<\/a> there&#8217;s one particular thing he&#8217;d go back and do over. It is <em>not<\/em>, for those wondering, his &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mmanews\/d-c-twerks-cake-chicken\/\">Cake and Chicken&#8221; video.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"GOvkzF\">&#8220;I didn\u2019t think it was a mistake to make that video, but I do have some friends that think it was,&#8221; Cormier said in a beautifully candid interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2018\/3\/27\/17167178\/ufc-interview-daniel-cormier-talks-retirement-jon-jones-regrets-floyd-mayweather-anthony-joshua-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BloodyElbow&#8217;s Stephie Haynes<\/a>. &#8220;My kids think it\u2019s funny, and ultimately, that\u2019s really what matters. I remember when I was making the video, my friend Sean was like, \u2018Okay, I don\u2019t like this.\u2019 He just did not like it, but when he saw the finish, he didn\u2019t think it was as bad as when we were making it, when he thought we were out of our minds. My kids like it, I mean they really enjoyed it, and that\u2019s what counts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So what is his biggest regret? That thing those inside the MMA bubble have come to call &#8220;towel-gate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"gdxOO8\">&#8220;Regrets\u2026 probably that whole Buffalo situation when I fought [Anthony &#8216;Rumble&#8217; Johnson] the second time,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That\u2019s probably my biggest regret\u2014not being committed enough to my nutrition, not training as hard as I needed to, not having everything in order and putting myself in a situation where I will be judged for an action that can be perceived as cheating. 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