UFC Corridor of Famer Daniel Cormier has responded to Joaquin Buckley’s latest invitation for a face-to-face dialog after their hostile on-line back-and-forths.
Cormier and Buckley’s relationship soured after Buckley’s callout of Conor McGregor at UFC Louisville in Might. Cormier known as the choice to name out McGregor the “worst callout in UFC historical past”, to which Buckley didn’t reply in variety.
Buckley responded with a number of private assaults in opposition to Cormier, together with his invoking of Cormier’s late mom into his taunts.
After their heat-filled social media squabbles, Buckley seems able to bury the hatchet with Cormier forward of his upcoming battle.
Daniel Cormier on Joaquin Buckley: “My job isn’t to uplift you”
Throughout a latest video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Cormier answered Buckley’s calls to fulfill face-to-face.
“Yesterday, and I don’t actually like to do that, as a result of I shouldn’t must,” Cormier mentioned. “Joaquin Buckley was talking about our interplay on social media, and the way he needs to run into me in the future. We’re going to see one another in Salt Lake Metropolis, it’s what it’s, after which we are able to discuss like males. That’s how I do it, that’s how I cope with all of a majority of these conditions each time individuals begin coming at me on this method…
“On the finish of the day, I’m who I’m. I’m Daniel Cormier and ‘Imma be who ‘I’mma be. So it’s a matter of how does the interplay begin? As a result of on-line, it’s been very disrespectful. Now? He appears to be peeling it again slightly bit, and I consider that’s the precise choice…I’m not attempting to do something to this man when he’s on the verge of one of many largest fights of his profession,” Cormier continued. “I don’t get although…my job isn’t to uplift you, my job is to inform the reality! And I simply didn’t agree with what you mentioned in that callout. It was unhealthy, it was actually unhealthy…Many individuals have been in settlement that it wasn’t good. However that’s okay, all of us make errors…all of us have unhealthy ones. Sadly, yours was on the largest second of your profession. However once more, I’ll be in Salt Lake Metropolis, I’ll be there and we are able to have that dialog that you just wish to have, Joaquin Buckley.”
Buckley faces former UFC title challenger Stephen Thompson at UFC 307. Cormier can be on the decision cage-side alongside Joe Rogan and lead play-by-play Jon Anik.
