{"id":288559,"date":"2018-10-18T19:09:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T02:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=288559"},"modified":"2018-10-18T19:09:27","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T02:09:27","slug":"daniel-cormier-says-he-isnt-ducking-stipe-miocic-by-taking-fight-with-derrick-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-says-he-isnt-ducking-stipe-miocic-by-taking-fight-with-derrick-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier says he isn’t ducking Stipe Miocic by taking fight with Derrick Lewis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Next month’s UFC 230 pay-per-view event has seen a lot of changes over the past couple of weeks. The November 3 fight card, which takes place at Madison Square Garden Arena in New York City,\u00a0recently received it’s main event in the form of a heavyweight title fight featuring current champion Daniel Cormier taking on perennial contender Derrick Lewis.<\/p>\n

The announcement came as a surprise to many, with Derrick Lewis having just competed earlier this month at UFC 229.\u00a0However, Lewis gained a ton of publicity that evening in Las Vegas, this after scoring a last-second knockout win over Alexander Volkov which was immediately\u00a0followed by his now infamous post-fight interview with Joe Rogan.<\/p>\n

Daniel Cormier said that the UFC made him an offer he could not refuse in regards to his acceptance of a short-notice fight with fight Lewis.\u00a0“DC” has plans to fight Brock Lesnar in 2019 before eventually retiring.<\/p>\n

After agreeing to the fight with “The Black Beast” at UFC 230, former UFC champion Stipe Miocic called Daniel Cormier out for “avoiding a rematch”, something “DC” claims is simply not true.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s all about perception,\u201d Cormier said to Luke Thomas on the MMA Hour<\/a>. “So if you can create this idea that I ducked him, then okay, maybe you\u2019ll get some people to rally and support you. And it\u2019s worked. I have never seen Stipe Miocic have so much support in my whole entire career. I mean, people are like, \u2018Why are you ducking Stipe?\u2019 I put a picture up about this kid who signed a scholarship to go to college the other day, and I got a whole bunch of people going, \u2018Why are you ducking Stipe?\u2019 I\u2019m like, I can\u2019t duck the guy I just beat within one round three months ago<\/a>. I\u2019m not ducking him.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anything, I was trying to give Stipe credit for the fact that he\u2019s a good fighter, that I wanted to give him my best effort. Right? I want to fight him at my best, so I need six weeks and not a busted up hand to fight him,” Cormier continued. “But people get a little bit desperate when something that they truly love gets taken away from them, and you can see it in Stipe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miocic is a tough competitor and Cormier knows it. Fighting him on short notice is not a smart decision, especially with a Lesnar payday on the horizon. Many predict that Cormier\u00a0will be able to\u00a0defeat Lewis\u00a0with ease, believing that UFC 230 main event is simply an easy payday for Cormier.<\/p>\n

“People love Derrick, man,” Cormier added. “I mean, look at the numbers. Derrick Lewis\u2019 social media exploded after UFC 229. I think the guy gained like 700,000 followers overnight. It\u2019s crazy. He has a way to draw people in because he\u2019s so loose. The guy is out there having a good time. I mean, Derrick Lewis, in one night he\u2019s got 1.3 million social media followers. Stipe was the heavyweight champ of the world for almost two years and has 700,000.<\/p>\n

“And it\u2019s sad too, because Stipe is the type of guy who everyone should rally around. He\u2019s a fireman, he\u2019s a great guy, he\u2019s a good competitor. But they liked that something different in Derrick, because he\u2019s something different and he\u2019s got momentum right now.”<\/p>\n

Do you believe Daniel Cormier is ducking Stipe Miocic?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 10\/18\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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