Daniel Cormier at last recalls why Brock Lesnar superfight collapsed

Brock Lesnar shoves Daniel Cormier astatine UFC 226. | 📷: Getty/UFC

Daniel Cormier has revealed that a concern determination prevented him from warring Brock Lesnar.

Back successful 2018, Cormier knocked retired Stipe Miocic to go the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight king. After the bout, Lesnar entered the Octagon, shoved Cormier and chopped a memorable promo, mounting up a monolithic clash.

However, the combat didn’t travel to fruition, with Cormier taking connected Derrick Lewis adjacent and Lesnar’s UFC instrumentality ne'er materializing.

Cormier opened up astir the Lesnar combat falling done successful a caller Q&A video posted to his YouTube channel.

“Man, I wanted that truthful bad,” Cormier said. “You cognize Brock Lesnar… I cognize him due to the fact that we some wrestled successful inferior assemblage successful the aforesaid year, and helium wrestled astatine Minnesota the aforesaid twelvemonth I was astatine Oklahoma State.”

The erstwhile two-division champion past revealed what stopped the combat from coming together:

“It didn’t hap due to the fact that the WWE gave him excessively overmuch money, and helium made the close choice. You speech astir a antheral that wealth follows; it’s Brock Lesnar. He’s done truly good for himself. I’m arrogant of him.”

“DC” besides recalled getting a telephone from Lesnar agelong earlier their in-cage exchange, disclosing that the WWE prima told him that if helium bushed Miocic astatine UFC 226, they’d quadrate disconnected next.

“I was astatine my daughter’s gymnastics [event], and I get a random fig connected my phone. And I go, ‘Hello, who is this?’” Cormier said. “‘It’s Brock.’”

“I say, ‘What’s up, Brock? What the f**k are you calling maine for?’” Cormier asked. “‘I perceive you’re warring that large achromatic boy.’ I said, ‘Stipe?’ He said, ‘Yeah.’ He goes, ‘You sound him out, it’s going to beryllium Christmas aboriginal for your household due to the fact that we’re going to fight.’ ‘I was like, ‘S**t, OK, Brock.’”