Things are heating up between UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier and Nate Diaz after the latter’s viral rant.
Former UFC superstar Nate Diaz is weeks away from returning to the cage against Mike Perry on the upcoming Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano fight card. It’ll mark Diaz’s return to MMA since a submission win over Tony Ferguson at UFC 279, his final appearance in the promotion.
Ahead of fight night, Diaz went on a viral rant against several of his long-time detractors, including Daniel Cormier, Dustin Poirier, and current BMF titleholder Charles Oliveira. Diaz slammed Cormier’s role as a UFC analyst and belittled his fighting career, calling the UFC Hall of Famer a ‘bitter b—-‘.
It didn’t take long for Cormier to take notice of Diaz’s viral remarks, and didn’t respond in kind.
Daniel Cormier goes off on Nate Diaz after viral rant about him on podcast appearance
In a recent video posted to his YouTube channel, Cormier responded to Diaz’s latest taunts.
“Nate Diaz decided to come at me again, because that’s just what he does,” Cormier said of Diaz.
“I thought I was very respectful of him when he said I can’t fight, and when you start to put our careers next to each other, obviously there’s an ocean of difference between our careers. But this one is centered around money, and very specific. So what I’ll say is…Nate Diaz I think is reacting to what I said about him and Mike Perry’s fight, and saying that I was excited about it because I know exactly what it is. We pretend to know everything? I don’t, I don’t know everything about fighting…when you talk about people analyzing fights, there’s one thing that’s [similar], and that is we were champions. Let’s compare [our losses] – Jon Jones, Stipe Miocic, that’s it!
“13 [losses] to 13 people! When I lost those fights, I was in my mid-to-late 30s, and you were losing fights in your 20s in your absolute athletic prime in a sport that you chose, and you got beat multiple times by all these people!” Cormier continued. “But you wanna talk about me? Mr. Champion? When I was 40, I was winning the UFC heavyweight championship. That’s what I keep telling you, Nathan, we’re different people…you’re mad because the reality is, you’re average. You’ve always been, and you keep punching above your head – at Khabib, Justin Gaethje, Dustin Poirier, all of these dudes had titles. Let it go. I don’t dislike Nate Diaz – but if you ask me what I feel about his career, you’re average!”
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