Daniel Cormier says he’s firmly against 12-to-6 elbows, compares it to “street fighting”

Daniel Cormier expresses disdain for 12-to-6 elbows

In a current episode of Funky and the Champ with Ben Askren, Cormier weighed in on the tip of the 12-to-6 elbow ban.

“I don’t like that,” Cormier stated. “I don’t like 12-to-6 elbows, and I don’t like soccer kicks. Right here’s my thought: once I was preventing Rumble Johnson, you couldn’t [move the elbows straight down]. However you can do it with an arch, so I used to be in a position to reduce Rumble with an arching elbow, however it got here straight down…

“I simply don’t need something that makes preventing seem like a avenue combat, that’s it. John McCain, earlier than he handed, was towards preventing as a result of it was “human cockfighting”. They’d present these movies of gang fights, individuals working round, and other people on the bottom. It begins to seem like that once more, and that’s not good man. The second we begin opening these guidelines once more, it’s gonna be an increasing number of and extra, and finally we’ll get again to soccer kicks.”

In distinction, Cormier’s broadcast accomplice Joe Rogan has been a vocal critic of the ban for years. As for Jones, he has the possibility to get his lone profession defeat overturned after the ban was eradicated.