Daniel Cormier just isn’t shopping for what Alex Pereira is promoting.
On Wednesday, the previous two-division UFC champ tweeted that he was “disheartened” as a result of the UFC “performed with me” after a message he allegedly obtained from he promotion. Shortly thereafter, Pereira posted on his Instagram web page that he was “hacked,” and that he has a “nice relationship with UFC.”
On his present Good Man/Unhealthy Man with Chael Sonnen, Cormier believes Pereira isn’t being sincere about what occurred earlier this week.
“First off, Pereira’s a liar,” Cormier stated. “Pereira didn’t get hacked [on Wednesday]. Pereira may’ve tweeted one thing, after which any individual known as him and was like, ‘Yo, relax. Let’s chill.’
“I don’t consider the hack factor, bro. It’s too handy. It was too particular. I’m saying it publicly.”
The dialog got here up when the 2 former fighters mentioned Hunter Campbell’s journey to Dagestan to fulfill with light-weight champion Islam Makhachev and his group. Whereas particulars in regards to the assembly weren’t made public, the idea is that Campbell, Makhaehev, and the champ’s administration met about his subsequent transfer — which UFC CEO confirmed throughout the UFC 315 press convention will likely be made clear following the welterweight title combat between Belal Muhammad and Jack Della Maddalena on Saturday.
Cormier guesses that the one of many extra highly effective males within the UFC didn’t simply go to Dagestan to fulfill with only one present champion underneath that exact managerial umbrella — therefore, why Pereira, who misplaced the sunshine heavyweight title to Magomed Ankalaev in March at UFC 313, may’ve vented frustration publicly on social media.
“So my thought is whereas Hunter was there to fulfill Islam, guess who else Rizvan Magomedov manages? … he additionally manages Ankalaev,” Cormier defined. “This simply me hoop dreaming: Whereas he’s in Dagastan, he’s chatting with Islam in regards to the combat… he goes, ‘What about you Ankalaev? Are you obtainable?’ Ankalaev is like, ‘OK, I can combat,’ and then you definitely go to Pereira and go, ‘Pereira, are you obtainable?’ And Alex is like, ‘Properly it’s a short while to prepare.’ ‘OK, Alex, we’re going to present any individual else this title combat.’
“[Then] Alex will get mad, goes to the web, places that up there, will get a name going, ‘Hey man.’ That’s my thought. That’s what occurred. So, sure, whereas Hunter was in Dagestan, I feel it was a two-for-one name. … I feel he spoke to Magomed and he spoke to Islam.
“I don’t know this as reality, however I do know this sport sufficient to place that collectively and really feel fairly confidently to say it on ESPN.”
