{"id":354066,"date":"2020-06-23T08:20:09","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T15:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=354066"},"modified":"2020-06-23T08:20:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T15:20:09","slug":"daniel-cormier-intends-to-emulate-curtis-blaydes-in-miocic-trilogy-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/daniel-cormier-intends-to-emulate-curtis-blaydes-in-miocic-trilogy-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier intends to emulate Curtis Blaydes in Miocic trilogy fight"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Cormier says he intends to emulate the gameplan Curtis Blaydes used against Alexander Volkov when he rematches Stipe Miocic on August 15.<\/p>\n

Blaydes took on Volkov in the main event of UFC on ESPN 11 last weekend, winning a clear-cut unanimous decision with a gameplan based on relentless takedowns and top control.<\/p>\n

Cormier, who has gone 1-1 in two previous bouts with Miocic, has previously stated that he intends to focus more on his wrestling in his upcoming tie-breaker with the reigning heavyweight champion. Given that the pair’s fight will occur in the smaller cage at the UFC Apex facility in Las Vegas, Cormier expects takedowns\u2014particularly single legs\u2014to be easier than normal to complete.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love fighting [in the small cage] at the APEX,\u201d Cormier said on his ESPN show<\/a> on Monday (transcript via MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cThat old leg is gonna be right in front of me to grab. I\u2019ll be like Curtis Blaydes. If you want to see a 25-minute stand-up fight, that\u2019s not what you\u2019re getting. I hope Stipe has his wrestling shoes, because with the small cage, single-leg, single-leg, single-leg, single-leg, wrestling. It is what it is. Sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n

This comment from Cormier echoes one Blaydes made ahead of his contest with Volkov. Pre-fight, Blaydes proclaimed that he had no intention to strike with Volkov, and that he instead intended to wrestle.<\/p>\n

While Blaydes made good on this promise, his gameplan didn’t go over well<\/a> with UFC President Dana White.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have anything against the kid at all, but you know, when you talk sh*t like he did this week, then you better come in and whoop somebody\u2019s ass if you talk sh*t like that,” White said post-fight. “When you talk the sh*t he talked and you performed the way he performed tonight, he looked stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen whether Cormier, a company man through-and-through, will be receive similar blowback if he uses a wrestling-heavy gameplan agains Miocic.<\/p>\n

Whatever the case, Cormier intends to retire after his trilogy fight with Miocic. With the stakes so high, we can count on him doing whatever it takes to win\u2014even if it’s not the most exciting viewing.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s the thing – and I want to be completely serious about this – everybody wants that moment, to be able to go out on top,\u201d Cormier said. \u201cBut if you keep chasing it, eventually somebody\u2019s gonna get you. So no. I want this. It doesn\u2019t get bigger. A trilogy fight for the heavyweight championship of the world. What more could I possible be chasing?\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think Daniel Cormier will reclaim the heavyweight title from Stipe Miocic this August?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daniel Cormier says he intends to emulate the gameplan Curtis Blaydes used against Alexander Volkov when he rematches Stipe Miocic on August 15. Blaydes took on Volkov in the main event of UFC on ESPN 11 last weekend, winning a clear-cut unanimous decision with a gameplan based on relentless takedowns and top control. 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