{"id":296986,"date":"2019-01-04T07:24:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T15:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=296986"},"modified":"2019-01-04T07:24:18","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T15:24:18","slug":"coach-believes-dana-white-will-persuade-daniel-cormier-to-delay-retirement-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/coach-believes-dana-white-will-persuade-daniel-cormier-to-delay-retirement-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach believes Dana White will persuade Daniel Cormier to delay retirement plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has long planned to retire in March of 2019, when he turns 40. From the sounds of it, however, the champ might just delay his retirement plans as fights Jon Jones, Brock Lesnar, and Stipe Miocic all loom on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White recently said that he&#8217;d like to see Daniel Cormier <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-wants-daniel-cormier-to-delay-retirement-plans-for-three-more-fights\/\">delay his retirement plans<\/a> to allow time for some of these fights. According to Cormier&#8217;s long-time coach Javier Mendez, it&#8217;s very possible that the UFC boss gets his way.<\/p>\n<p id=\"AamLI8\">\u201cIf Dana had his way, there\u2019d be three left. And you know what, Dana has a pretty good way of persuading people,\u201d Mendez told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/1\/3\/18167320\/coach-javier-mendez-wouldnt-be-surprised-if-we-see-two-or-three-more-fights-from-daniel-cormier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cI like Dana, so I don\u2019t know \u2014 we may see two or three [more fights]. I don\u2019t know, I think so. I think Dana has a way of making things good for DC and making it right, so yeah, possibly. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever Daniel Cormier decides, Javier Mendez promises to support him wholly.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ouePVo\">\u201cFor me, I love DC so much, that if DC says tomorrow, \u2018Jav, I\u2019m done,\u2019 then I\u2019m going to encourage him to be done. But if he says, \u2018Jav, I want to fight again,\u2019 then I\u2019m going to be onboard with him,\u201d Mendez said. \u201cI\u2019m with whatever DC wants. I love that guy so much, he\u2019s such a great team captain and a great individual and a great friend. He\u2019s not endangering his health, so for me, whatever he wants, I\u2019m going to be onboard. So if he tells me tomorrow, \u2018I\u2019m done,\u2019 then I\u2019ll tell you he\u2019s done, but if he says, \u2018I\u2019m going to fight 10 more fights, Jav,\u2019 let\u2019s fight 10 more fights. This is DC\u2019s train. I\u2019m onboard, and I\u2019m glad to be onboard, and I\u2019ll ride it until he doesn\u2019t want to be onboard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Daniel Cormier should continue fighting, or stick to his original retirement plan?<\/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\/4\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has long planned to retire in March of 2019, when he turns 40. From the sounds of it, however, the champ might just delay his retirement plans as fights Jon Jones, Brock Lesnar, and Stipe Miocic all loom on the horizon. 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