Daniel Cormier did not wish to see one in all his high champions refuse to seem on the UFC White Home card.
UFC mild heavyweight champion Alex Pereira was combating laborious by means of the tables for a spot on the White Home card. Jon Jones, who is about to desert his retirement plans, known as for a showdown with ‘Poitan’ at this historic occasion. Regardless of Dana White’s hesitation, Ariel Helwani reported that UFC officers are hoping to e book the battle for this occasion.
Pereira just lately poured chilly water on that concept by revealing on social media that his place on the UFC White Home card was unlikely. In a brand new video posted to his YouTube channel, Cormier expressed his disappointment (through MMAJunkie).
“I feel probably the most discouraging information was that Alex Pereira mentioned he was not going to run for the White Home,” Cormier mentioned. “Pereira is clearly one of many greatest stars within the UFC as a result of you understand that when he fights, more often than not it’ll be fireworks or possibly a end. However probably the most discouraging factor about the entire scenario, other than the very fact of the end and the star caliber and every thing else, is that if he was going to get a battle, the one he supplied to the White Home was a battle with Jon Jones.”
Cormier expressed the idea that maybe Pereira was truly informed by UFC higher-ups that the battle wouldn’t happen. The UFC Corridor of Famer mentioned it is mindless for “Poitan” to publish on social media every other method. He additionally admitted that he feels each Pereira and Jones wanted one another to compete on the UFC’s White Home card.
If Pereira is not within the playing cards for the White Home in spite of everything, it is going to be attention-grabbing to see if it is also disregarded of the present “Bones.”
