Analytical Quotes by Daniel Cormier

All Analytical statements made by Daniel Cormier across interviews, press conferences, and social media.

Nov 19, 2025 analytical
“Shavkat Rakhmonov is the guy that I think about and I go, 'man, that is a crazy fight to think about'... That would easily be the hardest fight of (Islam Makhachev's) career”

– via Good Guy/Bad Guy, expressing his belief that Shavkat Rakhmonov poses the toughest challenge for Islam Makhachev.
Nov 15, 2025 analytical
“Islam, you better set the tone of this fight. You cannot sit back and wait for Jack to determine where and how the fight takes place. You gotta push him against the octagon side and get him on his back foot. If you get him on his back foot, it will open takedowns, and it will also open your striking and chip away at the confidence that Jack is carrying into this fight after the Belal fight”

– Daniel Cormier advice for Islam Makhachev ahead of UFC 322
Nov 5, 2025 analytical
“I don't care what Anthony Joshua did to Francis Ngannou. If Jake Paul gets in there with Francis, Francis will knock his head off this planet. You don't want those Francis problems... Even if Jake got power, I don't think he's got the power to deal with Francis... If Jake actually fights Francis, I'll do nothing but give him credit...You play stupid games, you get stupid prizes. The stupid prize will be fighting Francis Ngannou. I don't care what money Jake Paul would make; he shouldn't be fighting Francis Ngannou... Stay away from Francis Ngannou”

– warned Jake Paul about a potential fight with Francis Ngannou.
Oct 29, 2025 analytical
“The rematch got a lot harder for Ciryl Gane, regardless of if Tom respected him this time. Because now, Tom Aspinall is going to know what Ciryl Gane can do and has felt him. He felt the speed, felt the athleticism”

– via Good Guy/Bad Guy YT Channel
Oct 17, 2025 analytical
“The way that they score mma takedowns is the problem... A takedown should not be when you get back up and the guy picks you up and just puts you back down. He never lost control. Merab didn't get 20 takedowns. Merab probably got five or six takedowns, and he got 14 mat returns.”

– via ESPN MMA