Daniel Cormier ‘condemns’ Jorge Masvidal for alleged sucker punch assault on Colby Covington
Now that extra particulars into the alleged assault on Colby Covington by the hands of Jorge Masvidal have been revealed extra fighters are stepping in to voice their opinions.
One such fighter is former two-division champion, Daniel Cormier.
Cormier isn’t any stranger to out and in of the cage beef as he’s harbored his personal feud with former mild heavyweight champion Jon Jones.
“It’s exhausting for me to take a seat up right here and choose Jorge for his actions, being that Jon Jones and I had many altercations that just about ended up in the identical approach,” Cormier stated on “DC & RC.” “However finally, folks have been in a position to cease us from taking it to the subsequent stage. However right here’s the factor: loads of these altercations occurred previous to the fights occurring and we have been at all times very away from one another.”
Cormier continued explaining the one place for violence is within the cage.
“You bought 25 minutes,” Cormier stated. “That’s the solely place wherein I’m going to sentence Jorge Masvidal. You had 25 minutes lower than two weeks in the past to do every part you wished. It doesn’t appear as if this was a – it’s so exhausting right here to not assume, however it doesn’t appear as if this was a come face-to-face and we get right into a combat. It looks like one thing totally different, and that’s the place it turns into a bit of bit off.”
At press time no prices had been filed towards Masvidal however a possible felony assault cost is on the desk, in response to the police, who’re nonetheless investigating the problem.
“Jorge Masvidal is a fighter,” he continued. “He’s an absolute fighter, he’s an absolute canine. However I don’t know if it might seep into the streets like that. We noticed it with Khabib (Nurmagomedov) and Conor (McGregor). Khabib was not prepared to let it go. It went too far for him to say on the finish of the combat we’re OK. It went too far, and I really feel like that’s what occurred.”
