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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
I agree. When I think "Cormier" my first thought is "a fight I don't need to watch".
But all that said, what Cormier went through this past week is something that a lot of champions would have walked away from and not taken a fight. Lose lose scenario for a champ. Silva deserves a tonne of credit for stepping up on 2 days notice, but Cormier also deserves a lot of credit for accepting the fight. Instead people were booing him as if he was some how responsible for Jones not being there.
MacGregor got embarassed after taking a fight on short notice
Rockhold got embarassed for doing the same thing
He could have refused and been well within his rights to do so.
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I disagree on Cormier's comments that a lot of fighters wouldn't have taken this fight. No fighter would have turned down the huge payday Cormier was getting. Especially being a non-title fight, all Cormier stood to lose was the respect of the fans, something he doesn't have anyway. That being said, I'm not knocking him for his fight strategy. Standing and trading with, even an out of shape Silva, is dangerous. Also, I wouldn't be so keen to punch the guy who helped rescue my huge payday. Cormier played it as best he could have.