Midnight Mania! Watch Daniel Cormier stumble around the Octagon after Jon Jones knockout loss
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If you thought that interview between Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier was painful to watch, you aren’t going to want to see this. For two minutes after he was left twitching on the canvas, Cormier was surrounded by strangers, unsure of where he was or what was happening -- and the overhead camera stayed on him the whole time. He later apologized to Big John McCarthy for his behavior.
Where was his team?? Why wasn’t he allowed to just leave the cage? How was he allowed to just stumble around the cage like that?
I have so many questions, and no satisfactory answers.
Insomnia
This was incredible. Cormier was indeed ended by leaning into the left head kick of Jones, dropping his hands in anticipation of anther powerful Jones body kick. This old footage is also the friendliest I can recall Jones and DC ever being.
.@JonnyBones called his shot back on August 5, 2014 #MysticJones pic.twitter.com/NoGbmd9sDt
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) July 31, 2017
A lot of the credit for Jones’ much sharper striking in this fight has to go to Jones’ excellent striking coach, Brandon Gibson:
.@sixgungibson discusses @jonnybones 'bushido' and his respect for Cormier #UFC214 - watch the whole interview here: https://t.co/IHyMUUH5pu pic.twitter.com/ttfmCkjFml
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) July 30, 2017
Cormier is often hated and Jones is now loved, and I think I know why -- it is because Jones turned out to be telling the truth, while what Cormier hoped was true, that he was the best, turned out to be a lie. Some of you seem to resent Cormier for trash-talking Jones, but Jones has always been first, more acerbic and more effective than Cormier in that department. The difference? Jones won, and that, to fans, is often the only thing that seems to matter.
Volkan Oezdemir wishes them both some good. He hopes to put his hands on Jones in short order- respectfully, of course. He would also be amenable to a fight with Alexander Gustafsson for top contendership, in the meantime
Much respect to @dc_mma, an incredible person and a true champ! And welcome back @JonnyBones, see you soon champ! pic.twitter.com/Md79gztnjH
— Volkan Oezdemir (@volkan_oezdemir) July 30, 2017
Anthony Johnson still wants to fight Jon Jones too. And I’ll be honest, even coming off a loss to Cormier, I would watch Bones vs. Rumble in a heartbeat
A reminder that fighting has always been a sport with a damn expensive physical and mental price tag
Boxing in the early 20th century was brutal. pic.twitter.com/EUriQSX65g
— History in Moments (@historyinmoment) July 31, 2017
That’s a price tag that Tyron Woodley has always done his best to avoid ... for better or for boring:
this is the whole fight pic.twitter.com/pJbLkFI2LQ
— Jessica Hudnall (@LegKickTKO) July 30, 2017
Today, Woodley got fed up with Dana White’s treatment and threatened to out some dirt he has on White. I have some pure speculation here- remember when Woodley got a title shot off a two-fight win streak, the last a split decision, by waiting a year and a half for it? Sure, it was a title shot he was promised (for some reason) after he beat Johnny Hendr- just kidding, after Hendricks missed weight- but when has Dana White ever kept old title shot promises? Thompson had actually knocked out Hendricks and was on a six fight win streak. Was this dirt Woodley says he has on Dana a part of getting his title shot? Did he blackmail Dana White into a title shot??
I’m just saying.
Woodley bringing up Lawler's inactivity as a factor for not receiving a title shot is funny. pic.twitter.com/NOhmtNtO8t
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) July 31, 2017
Tonya Evinger shutting stupid down. She was very disappointed in herself after the KO loss to Cris Cyborg, but that doesn’t mean she had to take this from Brendan Schaub.
shut up stupid
— tonya evinger (@tonyaevinger) July 30, 2017
Nothing to see here, just Josh Barnett throwing dudes into the crowd at a metal concert
every time @JoshLBarnett choke slams fans into the pit @everytimeidie @epitaphrecords pic.twitter.com/i6824ou3oJ
— Brandon Dermer (@brandonDMOB) July 31, 2017
Slips, Rips, and KO Clips
A lot of fight sports happened this weekend, including RIZIN. KING Reina is one to watch. She walks out to her fights carrying a teddy bear and wearing a robe. MMA in Japan is so awesome and weird.
And now the living breathing Tarantino villain, KING Reina pic.twitter.com/7GA0tx92vl
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) July 30, 2017
KING Reina armbar attempt pic.twitter.com/m6EU1tddD2
— Streetfight Bancho (@streetfitebanch) July 30, 2017
Khalid Taha KO's Keita Ishibashi pic.twitter.com/lUF8bfTSaC
— Streetfight Bancho (@streetfitebanch) July 30, 2017
Aliakbari is a savage pic.twitter.com/NVUoKuwvDd
— Streetfight Bancho (@streetfitebanch) July 30, 2017
Come on, Gabi Garcia. This makes no one happy.
Nice eyes you got there. Would be a shame if somebody... JAMMED THEIR FINGERS IN THEM pic.twitter.com/4EelKGJREr
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) July 30, 2017
I told you MMA in Japan was weird!
When the acid kicks in pic.twitter.com/Smnlu8C3W5
— caposa (@Grabaka_Hitman) July 30, 2017
UFC flyweight veteran Kyoji Horiguchi is knocking people out in Japan:
The Gooch is loose pic.twitter.com/2jim4KnwRy
— Streetfight Bancho (@streetfitebanch) July 30, 2017
This was amazingly violent!
Thway Thit Aung wins by complete murder KO to become a two time Golden Belt champion. pic.twitter.com/IUokW37GCD
— Mark Schroeder (@inxxane) July 30, 2017
I’m not saying the guy throwing haymakers was good, but this guy’s head movement is what I aspire to in a street fight ...
Holy fuck!! pic.twitter.com/EXvwfQDV1F
— Fight Videos (@FunnyBrawls) July 31, 2017
Good Reads
- Patrick Wyman details how Daniel Cormier fought the smartest fight he could have fought, but it just wasn’t enough.
- And since it wasn’t enough, what exactly is next for Cormier?
Podcasts and Video
The MMA Hour
The Monday Morning Analyst
The CME Podcast
On the new CME, @benfowlkesMMA & I talk Jones' triumph, Cormier's heartbreak as well as BOTH cities--Suplex and T. https://t.co/Y4nAgJqMbv
— Chad Dundas (@chaddundas) July 31, 2017
Tommy Toehold’s UFC 214 Press Conference
Random Land
How’s this for an entrance?
Wait for it pic.twitter.com/DBS887CPyH
— Zombie Prophet (@ZPGIFs) July 31, 2017
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