"I'm excited, man. I truly believe I'm coming into my prime and he's definitely beyond his", the youngest champion in UFC history added.
Cormier had a number of words for both of them during his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan, and he elaborated a great deal on both potential fights during UFC 210's post-fight news conference. Johnson worked on a takedown again and got it, but Cormier got back up and eventually worked a takedown of his own and moved toward Johnson's back. Cormier said when asked about Jones.
The real surprise in the night came after the fight, and "Rumble" retired after losing to Cormier for the second time.
But this wasn't the only surprising thing to happen at the main event.
UFC 210 was full of controversy and head scratchers in different areas, and Twitter was all over every aspect of the night.
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Johnson, 33, sounded burned out when he told reporters that it was "time for him to do something else" despite being in the prime of his career but said only that his future does not include playing for the Los Angeles Rams, even though his Twitter profile shows he's a big fan.
"Anthony's rights were violated", said Johnson's manager Ali Abdelaziz to ESPN.com. But the accomplishment didn't seem to bring him much peace as he quickly moved to cageside to berate potential title challenger Jimi Manuwa before moving on to longtime rival Jon Jones. I've improved everything. I'm not going to sit on my (butt) and be like, 'Oh, I lost at 187. He also finished his 18-month probation, following the hit-and-run incident that injured a pregnant woman in April a year ago, which means there's no more legal impediment for him to fight.
'But I have to thank you all for being there for me, you know?'
In one brief separation, Johnson hit Cormier with a knee to the body and then an explosive high left head kick before they tied up again. "Maybe if I decide to come back one day, we can fight at heavyweight or something like that". "So I just wanted to cover myself". You guys care about Jon Jones. So, I went out there and did my thing, and whatever happened was going to happen, so I wasn't really anxious about anything.
Earlier in the main card Cynthia Cavillo submitted Pearl Gonzalez, Thiago Alves won a unanimous decision over Patrick Cote who also retired, and Charles Oliveira impressed with yet another submission win, this time over Will Brooks.
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