Ako je Alexanderu Gustafssonu cilj bio razljutiti UFC-ovog LHW prvaka Daniela Cormiera, koji se u srpnju bori sa Stipom Miočićem, misija je ispunjena.

Šveđanin je, podsjećamo, nakon Rockholdovog poraza od Romera napisao sljedeće:

 "Tvoj timski kolega koči MOJU kategoriju, a ti misliš da u poluteškoj kategoriji ima samo lakih borbi. Ako smatraš da Yoel Romero udara jako, čekaj da dođeš među velike dečke. Želim borbu s DC-om, a nokaut nad tobom će me u međuvremenu zagrijati. Pazi s penjanjem za kategoriju jer ja ću stajati na vratima i čekati."

Cormier, koji je prije nekoliko godina porazio Gustafssona u gustom 25-minutnom meču, kao odgovor na ovo je napomenuo da je ta borba otišla do odluke sudaca jer je on tako htio. Direktan odgovor je glasio ovako:

"Dobar tajming, Alexander, udaraš ga dok je na podu. Imam bolju ideju, neće se boriti s tobom, već s Robertom Whittakerom. Takve se stvari događaju, zar ne. A ti gubiš svoj put prema borbi za pojas!"

Nice timing Alexander(kick him while he’s down huh). I got a better idea tho he doesn’t fight you next. He fights Robert Whitaker, I mean sometimes that happens right. You lose your way into a title shot! #thegustafsonway

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) February 15, 2018

It was tough because I fought him that way. I could have made the whole fight look like round 1. Think about this tho. He lost a 5 round stand up fight to me. By the end of the fight he was the one wrestling lol https://t.co/peOEGKEyq6

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) February 15, 2018

2015 was big year for me. With the way I won belt all the fake champ claims I felt I had to prove something. Had to do it better than Jones. Do something to try and clear the shadow a bit. So I fought him like that. We fight again tho he’s on his back whole fight https://t.co/Jn1DX69Lo5

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) February 15, 2018