{"id":274679,"date":"2018-04-16T10:27:24","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T17:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=274679"},"modified":"2018-04-16T10:31:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T17:31:14","slug":"daniel-cormier-potential-fights-with-brock-lesnar-cain-velasquez-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-potential-fights-with-brock-lesnar-cain-velasquez-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier discusses potential fights with Brock Lesnar, Cain Velasquez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On July 7, in the main event of UFC 226, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will return to the heavyweight division to battle reigning champion Stipe Miocic. If Cormier is successful in this momentous showdown, he&#8217;ll become the UFC heavyweight champion, which will of course open the door to more massive opportunities in the division.<\/p>\n<p>Of those opportunities, its arguable that none would be bigger than a showdown with former UFC heavyweight champ and current WWE star <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/brock-lesnar\/report-brock-lesnar-re-signs-with-wwe-could-still-fight-in-ufc\/\">Brock Lesnar<\/a>\u2014something UFC President Dana White has recently alluded to.<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, this a fight that interests Cormier very much.<\/p>\n<p id=\"z19uQ8\">\u201cThat [Lesnar fight] never happens unless I get past Stipe, but just hearing [White mention it] out loud was like, oh my goodness,\u201d Cormier said during a recent media scrum (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/4\/16\/17237162\/daniel-cormier-on-potential-brock-lesnar-fight-back-up-brinks-truck-to-gilroy-california\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAFighting<\/a>). \u201cHey, I know that when I fight\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/fighter\/47\/jon-jones\">Jon Jones<\/a>, I make a lot of money. I know that if I was to ever fight a Brock Lesnar, I\u2019m going to make even more money than I\u2019ve ever made in entire life. And ultimately, championships and money is why we do this. I don\u2019t care for all the other stuff. I want to get paid. I\u2019m almost 40, the door\u2019s about to close on me, so why not ride out into the sunset with a massive payday? Truckloads of money. Back up Brinks truck to Gilroy, California if you fight Brock Lesnar, I\u2019m telling you.<\/p>\n<p id=\"NoSHjQ\">\u201c[Lesnar] told me last time [we were on the same card], right? When that thing broke that he was fighting at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/fight-card\/746\/ufc-200\">UFC 200<\/a>, I said, \u2018Big Brock, is it Christmas morning in the Cormier household?\u2019 He goes, \u2018Merry Christmas, DC. You\u2019re welcome.\u2019 That\u2019s what he told me. He knows that the money\u2019s coming. When he\u2019s on your card or if you\u2019re fighting against him, he knows that you\u2019re getting paid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If Cormier becomes the UFC heavyweight champion, it&#8217;s also possible that he&#8217;ll cross paths with his long-time friend and training partner Cain Velasquez. If such a thing were to occur, Cormier says he&#8217;d return to the light heavyweight division to clear the way for Velasquez.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Sy3iTl\">\u201cI\u2019m going to go back [down],\u201d Cormier said. \u201cThere are fights down there for me, and I would hope that Cain would come back and fight at heavyweight and become the champ again.<\/p>\n<p id=\"CQIddD\">\u201cI would [step aside] again. Again. I would do it again, as I did the first time. \u2026 I\u2019m not fighting Cain Velasquez. I would never, ever fight Cain Velasquez. Nope, nope, I would never do it. So yeah, if it meant giving up the belt, that\u2019s what I would do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Daniel Cormier will capture heavyweight gold at UFC 226?<\/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 4\/16\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 7, in the main event of UFC 226, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will return to the heavyweight division to battle reigning champion Stipe Miocic. 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