{"id":339308,"date":"2020-01-27T06:04:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T14:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=339308"},"modified":"2020-01-27T06:04:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T14:04:17","slug":"daniel-cormier-responds-to-stipe-miocic-saying-he-wants-to-fight-someone-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/daniel-cormier-responds-to-stipe-miocic-saying-he-wants-to-fight-someone-new\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier responds to Stipe Miocic saying he wants to fight someone new"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier are tied 1-1 across two previous fight. Ever since Miocic won the pair&#8217;s second fight to reclaim the UFC heavyweight title, the expectation has been that they will meet in a tie-breaking trilogy fight next.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, however, Miocic&#8217;s manager Jim Walter provided an update that implied the champ wants to fight somebody new instead of Cormier once he&#8217;s healthy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stipe is the ultimate competitor and wants to fight but is unwilling to jeopardize his health,&#8221; Walter told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/mma\/story\/_\/id\/28556206\/agent-says-no-table-return-ufc-heavyweight-champion-stipe-miocic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN<\/a>. &#8220;He sustained multiple eye pokes and damage to his retina from his previous fight against Daniel Cormier. His priority is his health and vision, his daughter and his family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After his health is cleared, we hope to have Stipe back in competition this year in a fight that makes sense and against an opponent that Stipe has not beaten before,&#8221; Walter said. &#8220;He is more than wiling to defend his belt. If an opportunity presents itself outside the UFC, Tyson Fury and Stipe spoke face-to-face in Las Vegas at the\u00a0Conor McGregor\u00a0fight.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It did not take long for these comments to reach Cormier, and he seems to be a little frustrated. Speaking at the conclusion of Saturday&#8217;s UFC Raleigh card, for which he was on commentary duty, Cormier sent a message to Miocic, encouraging him to &#8220;do the right thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"dvgXWk\">\u201cI mean Stipe and I are going to fight next. That\u2019s exactly what\u2019s supposed to happen. It\u2019s what\u2019s gonna happen,\u201d Cormier said. \u201cI know they\u2019re saying they want something new \u2014 well, hell, I wanted something new after I beat him and I gave him a rematch.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Hylph1\">\u201cSo it\u2019s only right to do the right thing. You\u2019re honorable, right Stipe? You\u2019re a fireman, you save lives. You do the right thing all the time, right? Do the right thing and give me my rematch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Cormier originally intended to retire in 2019, but delayed his retirement to give Miocic a rematch. His retirement is still on hold while he awaits the trilogy fight.<\/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 1\/27\/2020.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier are tied 1-1 across two previous fight. 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