Midnight Mania! Daniel Cormier ‘hates’ Dustin Poirier’s UFC 302 retirement talks: ‘It might be virtually over’

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Dustin Poirier has been persistently trustworthy that his legendary blended martial arts (MMA) profession is coming to an in depth earlier than later.

“The Diamond” has set no expiration date, however he’s made it clear every struggle might be his final. He’s a major underdog heading into his UFC 302 predominant occasion title struggle versus Islam Makhachev, setting the stage for a fairytale ending … or a minimum of a good excessive level to stroll away from if defeated by the game’s present pound-for-pound king.

UFC coloration commentator and retired champion Daniel Cormier doesn’t love Poirier’s openness on the topic. “DC” doesn’t need to see Poirier stroll away, however he additionally suppose it’s a foul concept for fighters to acknowledge they’re virtually completed whereas nonetheless preventing. In accordance with “DC,” that’s a mistake he made himself earlier than strolling away.

“I can’t stand listening to that it’s virtually over for a man that all of us universally love and luxuriate in when he’s contained in the octagon,” Cormier stated on his YouTube channel (through Yahoo Sports activities). “I additionally hate it for one more motive: I hate it for the concept that it might be virtually over, and he acknowledges that. I don’t like when athletes as a result of I did it myself, I’m virtually judging myself; I don’t love when athletes put a timeline or a ending level on a profession that’s nonetheless actively happening. That could be a laborious factor to do.”

Cormier continued, “I began seeking to a time the place I didn’t have to fret about reducing the burden and doing all this different stuff. That’s depressing. Life afterwards is holidays, seashores, consuming what you need and doing what you need.

“I don’t love that there’s so many references to, ‘My final likelihood or my final dance. I’m not committing to retirement.’ It’s like, when you have any want to struggle, you must be so within the struggle that there isn’t any considered what comes subsequent.”

It ought to be famous that Poirier talked equally forward of his struggle versus Benoit Saint Denis, then confirmed completely no stop reverse the French expertise and knocked him out chilly. No matter pre-fight talks, I might count on the Louisiana-native to be at his greatest on Saturday night time.

Whether or not that’s sufficient to dethrone Makhachev stays to be seen.

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