Cormier: I felt bad for Bader
Daniel Cormier: “It almost doesn’t matter what he does in any situation regardless of what’s going on, it will be hard for him to get a title fight.”
Daniel Cormier didn’t know who he would first defend his light heavyweight title against, but was hoping it would be Ryan Bader who had some unfinished business with. The UFC decided to go with Alexander Gustafsson and Cormier actually felt a little bad for Bader as he as looked over:
Cormier believes Gustafsson receiving the shot despite being knocked out in his last bout is the clearest indication possible that maybe the UFC just didn’t feel comfortable putting Bader in the spotlight of a title fight.
“Honestly, I do I feel bad for him,” Cormier said about Bader. “You know what that almost tells me, honestly? It almost doesn’t matter what he does in any situation regardless of what’s going on, it will be hard for him to get a title fight.
“Because if there was a situation where he was going to get one, this would be it.”