UFC: Daniel Cormier shuts down Jan Blachowicz call-out – ‘you’re the king now’

New light heavyweight champion demands respect after Cormier calls him ‘too slow’

Blachowicz tells ‘fat’ retired former two-division champ Cormier to ‘get off the couch and come to the Octagon’

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Daniel Cormier celebrates his victory over Derrick Lewis in their heavyweight title bout at UFC 230 in Madison Square Garden, New York in 2018. Photo: AFP

Published: 1:34pm, 30 Sep 2020Updated: 1:34pm, 30 Sep 2020

Daniel Cormier has told new UFC light heavyweight champion Jan Blachowicz there is “no chance” of them meeting in the cage despite the Pole calling him out.

The call-out came after former UFC two-division champion Cormier (22-3), who retired in August after losing to Stipe Miocic via unanimous decision, questioned Blachowicz’s (27-8) chances against former divisional champion Jon Jones.

“Jones beats Blachowicz. [Blachowicz is] too slow to beat him. The thing about Jones, people don’t realise he’s got a good chin,” the 41-year-old “DC” said on ESPN following Blachowicz’ second-round TKO win over Dominick Reyes at UFC 253 last weekend.

“You can hit him, I can hit him, a lot of us hit him. He can take punches man. If Jan Blachowicz is out there and he’s too slow, Jones would pick him apart. If I was still fighting at 205 [pounds], or if I was still fighting today, and you said ‘DC, you can fight Jan Blachowicz’, I’d probably fight [him]. No disrespect.”

Blachowicz, who is on a four-fight winning streak having beaten Reyes, Corey Anderson (13-5), Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza (26-8) and Luke Rockhold (16-5), clearly took issue with the comparisons. The 37-year-old had called “Bones” out immediately after capturing the title.