{"id":98035,"date":"2014-05-20T09:43:42","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T16:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=98035"},"modified":"2014-05-20T09:43:42","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T16:43:42","slug":"cormier-i-wasnt-exactly-happy-about-fighting-hendo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/cormier-i-wasnt-exactly-happy-about-fighting-hendo\/","title":{"rendered":"Cormier: I wasn’t exactly happy about fighting Hendo"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Daniel Cormier has accomplished many feats\u00a0during his athletic career, but he still has one dream\u00a0left to forefill and that’s\u00a0to become the UFC’s light heavyweight champion, as he told MMAJunkie<\/a>‘s Steven Marrocco<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0a recent interview:<\/p>\n

“I didn’t win the Olympics. I didn’t win the world championships. I didn’t win the NCAA tournament. I always have been one of the best guys, but I have never been the best guy,” <\/em>said Cormier.<\/p>\n

“It will be great to be 35, 36 years old and to finally achieve what I strived so many times in my life to be: The absolute best at whatever it is I’m doing. I’ve always been close, but I’ve never been the best, and winning the UFC championship would be the completion of an athletic dream that started when I was fricking 8-9 years old.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/em>“DC” will put his top conteder status on the line at this weekend’s UFC 173 event in Las Vegas, when he squares off with another former Olympian Dan Henderson. Cormier admitted that he wasn’t excatly ‘thrilled’\u00a0about the “Hendo” booking:<\/p>\n

\u201cI wasn\u2019t exactly happy about it,\u201d <\/em>stated Cormier. \u201cI would much rather not fight Dan Henderson. He\u2019s a guy that I\u2019ve looked up to for a long time.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cDan is the first guy I can go into the cage with and say this guy\u2019s done everything that I\u2019ve done, and he\u2019s actually done things at a much higher level than I have.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI wrestle and I compete to win, and that\u2019s what I plan on doing against Dan.”<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI have a mad amount of respect for him, and I believe he\u2019s going to push me and make me fight harder than most opponents have ever made me fight.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/em>Who do you have winning this weekend’s key light heavyweight battle, Cormier or Henderson? Sound off Penn Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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