Cain Velasquez said on the Shawn Ryan Show that Daniel Cormier told him he didn't want to fight Brock Lesnar; Cormier has said the fight died when Lesnar went back to WWE.
What we know
- Cormier was linked to a fight with Lesnar in 2018, but it never happened.
- Lesnar and Cormier confronted each other in the Octagon after Cormier knocked out Stipe Miocic to win the heavyweight title.
Reported, not confirmed
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Velasquez said on the Shawn Ryan Show that Cormier later told him he didn't want to fight Brock Lesnar.
Heavy on UFC
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Cormier has said in an earlier interview the fight did not happen because Lesnar went back to WWE, not because he was afraid.
Heavy on UFC
Cain Velasquez says his longtime AKA teammate Daniel Cormier did not want to fight Brock Lesnar. Speaking to Shawn Ryan, Velasquez said Cormier told him later that after watching Velasquez fight Lesnar, he thought: 'I don't want to be fighting that guy.'
Velasquez described Lesnar as a 'freak of an athlete' with an NFL and national-champion wrestling background, saying he has power even if he doesn't like the exchange.
Cormier was linked to a Lesnar fight in 2018, and the two confronted each other in the Octagon after Cormier knocked out Stipe Miocic for the heavyweight title. Cormier has said in an earlier interview that the fight fell through because Lesnar went back to WWE, not because he was afraid.
Velasquez described Lesnar as a 'freak of an athlete' with an NFL and national-champion wrestling background, saying he has power even if he doesn't like the exchange.
Cormier was linked to a Lesnar fight in 2018, and the two confronted each other in the Octagon after Cormier knocked out Stipe Miocic for the heavyweight title. Cormier has said in an earlier interview that the fight fell through because Lesnar went back to WWE, not because he was afraid.
- Summary
- Cain Velasquez said on the Shawn Ryan Show that Daniel Cormier told him he didn't want to fight Brock Lesnar; Cormier has said the fight died when Lesnar went back to WWE.
- Key points (one per line)
- Velasquez said on the Shawn Ryan Show that Cormier admitted he didn't want to fight Lesnar.
Velasquez called Lesnar 'a freak athlete' with real power.
Cormier has said before that the fight didn't happen because Lesnar returned to WWE, not out of fear.
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- Heavy on UFC | https://heavy.com/sports/ufc/cain-velasquez-daniel-cormier-brock-lesnar/
Fighters in this story
Cain Velasquez
Daniel Cormier
Stipe MiocicSources
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