Daniel Cormier menar att han själv och även nio av tio inte skulle sätta pengarna på Alexander Gustafsson i returmatchen mot regerande mästare Jon Jones.
Den planerade men ännu inte fastställda returmatchen mellan regerande mästare Jon Jones (20-1) och Alexander Gustafsson (16-2) kom på tal under en nyligen genomförd intervju med Daniel Cormier (14-0). Det blev tydligt att den amerikanske olympiern tror inte på svenskens chanser i returmötet Jones.
– No chance, säger Daniel Cormier om Alexander Gustafssons chanser mot Jon Jones i den kommande returmatchen. Let me rephrase that. I’m not saying he doesn’t have a chance. I’m just saying that if I had to bet my money, or if I asked 10 people who wins this fight, nine out of those 10 people would say Jon Jones, because honestly, I believe that he’s better because he has more tools.
Det är ingen hemlighet att Cormier själv hoppas på en chans på titeln och han tror mer på sina egna chanser mot Jones.
– When you look at Jon on paper against a lot of people, he seems to match up well against every single one of us. He seems to holds the advantages against every single one of us. It’s the intangibles. It’s the things that you can’t measure on a piece of paper that it’s going to take to beat Jon Jones — the things that I believe I hold in spades.
– I’ve been winning my entire life, sa Cormier mot slutet av intervjun. That’s all I know how to do, and that’s what I plan on continuing to do as I finish my mixed martial arts career. I’m not trying to sound arrogant or cocky in any way. I know how to win. I know that at the end of the day, when I step in the cage with most guys that I fight, I’ve done more things right over the course of my lifetime and over the course of my athletic career than they have. And that’s what carries me.
Cormier är närmast inbokad mot Dan Henderson (30-11) på UFC 173 som äger rum den 24 maj på MGM Grand Garden Arena i Las Vegas.
