DC: It’s going to be worse than the first one

UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier tapped out Anthony Johnson in their first fight in 2015, but the odds are against him this fight. However, during a recent UFC 210 media call, DC predicted a worse beating than the first time.

I’ve said time and time again I cannot dictate peoples’ feelings,” said Cormier, as transcribed by MMA Weekly. “The fact that the odds say that we’re even, I actually have no idea how anyone could think that we’re even. He had a moment in the first fight. Outside of that moment I pretty much just beat him up. So I don’t understand what makes anyone believe that Anthony and I are close. I just get to show him again and just beat on him again like I did last time.

I can do whatever I want. That’s the difference between him and I. He’s got one way to win the fight. I can win any way I choose to. It really does depend on how I decide to fight this fight.

I’ve been training and I’ve gotten better. I feel like I’m a better fighter today than I was the first time. The first time we fought I fought him on three-and-a-half weeks’ notice. I had a three-week training camp. I had a three-week training camp and still outworked him. I mean, I know I was a different opponent than his previous guy but he still had a full training camp. I had three and a half weeks to get prepared for a championship fight and still found a way to outwork him.”

What’s going to happen now that I’ve been training for him for 12 weeks? It’s going to be worse than the first one.

Daniel Cormier fights Anthony Johnson in the main event of UFC 210, tonight, live on pay per view.