{"id":322251,"date":"2019-08-13T05:58:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T12:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=322251"},"modified":"2019-08-13T05:58:24","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T12:58:24","slug":"daniel-cormier-calls-stipe-miocic-a-brat-for-sitting-out-so-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/daniel-cormier-calls-stipe-miocic-a-brat-for-sitting-out-so-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier calls Stipe Miocic a &#8216;brat&#8217; for sitting out so long"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At UFC 241, reigning UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will defend his title against the former champ Stipe Miocic. The bout will be a rematch of a July 2018 fight, which Cormier won by first-round knockout.<\/p>\n<p>Since that first fight, Cormier has fought once, defeating Derrick Lewis by submission in a successful title defense. Miocic, meanwhile, has not fought since. Instead, he&#8217;s been adamant that his accomplishments as the former champion warrant an immediate rematch with Cormier.<\/p>\n<p>Cormier, it seems, is a little unimpressed with the way Miocic handled the situation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"R58CMZ\">\u201cHim sitting out this whole time, just kind of being a little bit of . . . I feel like he acted a little bit like a brat,\u201d Cormier told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5rtPAtPiGMA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a> (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/8\/13\/20803338\/morning-report-daniel-cormier-says-stipe-miocic-acted-a-little-bit-like-a-brat-sitting-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cLike, \u2018I should get a rematch!\u2019 I just thought he should have fought again. It kind of rubbed me the wrong way but you know what, it worked and now he gets a chance to fight for the title again. So yeah, there are things that we both dislike about each other but at the end of the day I\u2019m not losing any sleep over Stipe Miocic not liking me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic have generally been quite cordial to one another, Cormier does believe he&#8217;s gotten under his foe&#8217;s skin.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ue7fmc\">\u201cI think I annoy Stipe Miocic,\u201d Cormier said. \u201cI think I annoyed Stipe Miocic after The Ultimate Fighter the first time. I think he\u2019s a respectful guy so shakes my hand and says the right things but I think at his core he\u2019s like, \u2018I can\u2019t stand this dude.\u2019 We\u2019re just too different&#8230;<\/p>\n<p id=\"KY3s2i\">\u201cI do get on his nerves but whatever. I don\u2019t care. Everybody doesn\u2019t have to like you. What\u2019s it matter because the reality is we have to fight. Once we\u2019re done fighting, we don\u2019t have to be friends. He\u2019s got a great family, got a life and he can go live his and I can go live mine. I respect all that he does for his community and everything but there are some things that he does that annoy me too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think will win this anticipated rematch between Daniel Cormier and Stipe Miocic?<\/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> on 8\/13\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At UFC 241, reigning UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will defend his title against the former champ Stipe Miocic. The bout will be a rematch of a July 2018 fight, which Cormier won by first-round knockout. Since that first fight, Cormier has fought once, defeating Derrick Lewis by submission in a successful title defense. 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