{"id":309849,"date":"2019-04-15T10:36:33","date_gmt":"2019-04-15T17:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=309849"},"modified":"2019-04-15T10:36:35","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T17:36:35","slug":"dana-white-addresses-critics-of-daniel-cormier-vs-brock-lesnar-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-addresses-critics-of-daniel-cormier-vs-brock-lesnar-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White addresses critics of Daniel Cormier vs. Brock Lesnar fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has been angling for a super fight with former heavyweight champ and long-time WWE star Brock Lesnar for some time. Not everybody, however, is a fan of this potential matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, some fans outright hate the idea, adamant that Brock Lesnar doesn&#8217;t deserve a title shot, and that Daniel Cormier should instead defend his title against a more legitimate heavyweight contender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UFC President Dana White has a message for those fans: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Cormier-Lesnar rumors weren\u2019t true, that I had something done. That was never true. I\u2019ve been talking about that\u2019s the fight that Cormier wants,\u201d White said at the UFC 236 post fight press conference (transcript via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA Weekly (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmaweekly.com\/dana-white-defends-daniel-cormier-asking-to-fight-brock-lesnar-next\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Weekly<\/a>). \u201cI saw a lot of people giving Cormier s\u2014t on the internet cause he wants that fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, Brock Lesnar wants to come back. I don\u2019t know when and when we\u2019ll get it done. Daniel Cormier has done everything we\u2019ve ever asked him. He\u2019s fought everybody we\u2019ve ever wanted. He\u2019s been a great champion. He\u2019s an incredible ambassador to the sport. If he wants the Brock Lesnar fight, why shouldn\u2019t he get the Brock Lesnar fight? He\u2019s talking about retiring and he wants to fight Lesnar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dana White continued, explaining that Daniel Cormier will also probably rematch Stipe Miocic and Jon Jones before he retires \u2014 which makes it even harder to deny him his desired fight with Lesnar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s still got two [other] nasty fights before he retires,\u201d White said. \u201cHe\u2019s got Jon Jones and he\u2019s got Stipe Miocic. If the guy wants to fight Brock Lesnar, he\u2019s going to fight Brock Lesnar if I can get it done and if I can make it happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know when but like I said, Brock lets me know when he\u2019s ready.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you think of a potential fight between Daniel Cormier and Brock Lesnar?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0on 4\/15\/2019.\u00a0<\/em><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has been angling for a super fight with former heavyweight champ and long-time WWE star Brock Lesnar for some time. Not everybody, however, is a fan of this potential matchup. 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