{"id":280294,"date":"2018-07-08T07:18:31","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T14:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=280294"},"modified":"2018-07-08T07:32:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-08T14:32:29","slug":"daniel-cormier-fires-back-at-critics-of-his-in-cage-encounter-with-brock-lesnar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-fires-back-at-critics-of-his-in-cage-encounter-with-brock-lesnar\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier fires back at critics of his in-cage encounter with Brock Lesnar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shortly after UFC light heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier knocked out Stipe Miocic to capture the heavyweight title and make history as just one of two men to hold titles in two weight classes concurrently, he called out Brock Lesnar. Lesnar, the former champ and a current WWE star, then lumbered into the cage, where a heated confrontation ensued. There was trash talk, machismo, even a few shoves.<\/p>\n

While this heated, in-cage encounter will serve as a gold mine when the UFC is assembling promotional material for Cormier and Lesnar’s controversial title fight, it generated some significant criticism from the fans. Many onlookers felt it was a little too far removed from the bushido code of the martial arts, and a little too close to the testosterone-infused world of pro wrestling.<\/p>\n

Daniel Cormier, a long-time pro wrestling fan, has heard these criticisms, and he was happy to shrug them off.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Staged… they\u2019re idiots.\u2019 Fine. Stay broke,\u201d Cormier said of his naysayers (via MMAJunkie<\/a>). \u201cYou got a guy like Brock Lesnar in front of you, and you don\u2019t go crazy on him? Are you crazy? When Brock decided to step in the Octagon with me \u2013 he\u2019s a pro wrestler. He does fake fighting. So I\u2019ll do fake fighting with you until I put my fist up inside of your face. I\u2019ll do fake fighting with you, Brock, then I\u2019ll punch you upside your head. So, yeah, you guys call it fake online. I see a bunch of fighters, \u2018Oh that\u2019s so fake. I don\u2019t want to watch this.\u2019 Tune in and keep lacing my pockets. You guys got to get on board. These guys get on the microphone after their fights and say, \u2018Yeah, it\u2019s whatever the UFC decides.\u2019 OK.\u201d<\/p>\n

What did you think of Daniel Cormier’s and Brock Lesnar’s in-cage skirmish at UFC 226?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/8\/2018. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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