{"id":301379,"date":"2019-02-11T10:51:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T18:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=301379"},"modified":"2019-02-11T10:52:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T18:52:45","slug":"daniel-cormier-confirms-he-is-delaying-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/daniel-cormier-confirms-he-is-delaying-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier confirms he is delaying retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As long suspected, UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will not be retiring when he turns 40 in March, as he originally planned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The champ confirmed this news on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The MMA Hour (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/2\/11\/18220044\/the-mma-hour-with-israel-adesanya-daniel-cormier-aljamain-sterling-monday-morning-analyst-and-more\" target=\"_blank\">The MMA Hour<\/a> on Monday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Official: Daniel Cormier is not retiring by his 40th birthday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/theMMAhour?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#theMMAhour<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Luke Thomas (@lthomasnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lthomasnews\/status\/1095021851108102144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that he would still like to fight former UFC heavyweight champ and WWE star Brock Lesnar next, while a heavyweight rematch with Stipe Miocic and a light heavyweight rematch with Jon Jones are also on his to-do list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronbronsteter\/status\/1095024103839412224\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Daniel Cormier is currently dealing with an injury, which is why he hasn&#8217;t fought since November, when he defeated Derrick Lewis in the main event of UFC 230. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA Weekly (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmaweekly.com\/daniel-cormier-reveals-injury-slowing-down-his-return-no-timeline-set-for-next-fight\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Weekly<\/a>\u00a0recently, Cormier <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/daniel-cormier-opens-up-on-injury-that-is-slowing-down-ufc-return\/\">opened up on the injury that is keeping him away from the cage.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI f\u2014ked my back up at UFC 230. It hasn\u2019t recovered as fast as I hoped it would,\u201d Cormier explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have to take some time off. I had to take some time to try and make myself healthy because my schedule was so heavy last year. Three fights, three five round training camps, very heavy training camps. Last year was three championship fights, I did \u2018The Ultimate Fighter\u2019, I did all my commentary duties, I took that high school wrestling job in the middle of the year. It\u2019s just a heavy, heavy year and I just need some time to get myself back in order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou think you\u2019re better but then you\u2019re not and when you\u2019re not better, you\u2019re really not better. You feel fine but when it goes out you\u2019re on the floor crawling. It\u2019s a weird thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who do you want to see Daniel Cormier fight before he retires?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 2\/11\/2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As long suspected, UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will not be retiring when he turns 40 in March, as he originally planned. The champ confirmed this news on The MMA Hour on Monday. 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