Veteran color-commentator, Joe Rogan was filled with reward for his fellow sales space member, Daniel Cormier forward of their return to responsibility subsequent month at UFC 311 in Los Angeles, claiming the Lafayette native was a “killer” throughout his gold laden profession within the Octagon.
Cormier, a former two-time undisputed gentle heavyweight champion and former heavyweight titleholder, entered the UFC Corridor of Fame after calling time on his storied profession again in 2020.
Bowing out of his fight sports activities profession following a rematch and subsequent rubber-match defeat to former two-time champion, Stipe Miocic of their heavyweight championship collection, Cormier’s most up-to-date win got here within the type of a rear-naked choke submission over Derrick Lewis to defend the belt again in 2018 at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Joe Rogan heaps reward on the UFC profession of Daniel Cormier
And set to name the motion subsequent month at UFC 311, throughout a current episode of his podcast, The Joe Rogan Expertise, the veteran color-career heaped reward on the fight sports activities profession of Cormier — describing the previous duel-weight champion as a “killer”.
“Daniel was a light heavyweight champion and heavyweight champion,” Rogan mentioned on the “Joe Rogan Experience.” “He was a two-division world champion and was dominating in a weight class in Strikeforce that he didn’t even belong in – heavyweight. He’s like 5-(foot)-11 – he’s not an enormous man.
He’s simply such an insane tank of a human being. His wrestling was so insane and simply his will was so insane. He dominated two completely different divisions. He was a killer. The nicest f*cking man you’d ever meet in your life. If you happen to have been hanging round him, you’d by no means imagine that he may decide up anyone within the room and smash them on their head.”
Over the course of his gold laden run within the promotion, Cormier would flip in notable wins over the likes of Frank Mir, Dan Henderson, Anthony Johnson, Alexander Gustafsson, Anderson Silva, in addition to the above-mentioned Miocic and Lewis.
