Daniel Cormier will not commentate the NCAA wrestling championships after he acquired a lower than stellar response to his 2024 mic duties.
Cormier has an in depth newbie wrestling resume and competed towards a number of the finest throughout his time in NCAA Division I. He was additionally on the U.S. Olympic freestyle wrestling staff twice. He’s the third man within the commentary sales space for many UFC pay-per-views, and a star from his days as double champion with the promotion. So that you’d suppose he’d be the right match to name matches for the NCAA and possibly draw some new eyes in.
Common NCAA viewers apparently don’t agree with that evaluation.
Guys im out. This will likely be my final time doing the NcAA match. Proceed to do issues the identical means and keep wrestling that hasn’t modified because the 40’s. I advised most of the people to look at a man advised me he’d fairly tear his eyes out than watch. So take pleasure in. I’ll end tonight… https://t.co/QP3tAMcdzN
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) March 24, 2024
“Guys, I’m out,” Cormier wrote on X (previously Twitter) on Saturday evening. “This will likely be my final time doing the NCAA match. Proceed to do issues the identical means and keep[sic] wrestling that hasn’t modified because the 40’s. I advised most of the people to look at, a man advised me he’d fairly tear his eyes out than watch. So take pleasure in. I’ll end tonight and I’m out!”
This was in response to a different X put up the place somebody wrote “DC is painful. He has no professionalism on the mic to the purpose of it being ridiculous.”
“You guys have it. I’m out sorry to wreck your expertise!” Cormier replied in a separate tweet. “You recognize I don’t ask to do that. Crucial folks ask me to do it. Anyhow keep it up my pal I’m out. Again to the minor leagues for me.”
This isn’t the primary time Cormier has let criticism of his commentary get below his pores and skin. “DC” has spoken a number of instances on how tough the unfavorable suggestions is to him. His deskmate Joe Rogan has tried to show him to not learn feedback or take heed to the peanut gallery. But Daniel is clearly nonetheless rolling round within the muck of social media, the place he sees each imply tweet about him mixing a wrestler’s sophomores and freshmen data up.
“MMA followers say so much worse issues about that commentary however you continue to try this,” one individual on X famous.
“I receives a commission so much there lol,” Cormier replied.
