The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Daniel Cormier TV - DC reacts to Dana White, Merab Dvalishvili & Aljamain Sterling drama: "I've been there"

Episode Date: September 2, 2023

Dana White was asked about Merab Dvalishvili and Aljamain Sterling's friendship and he did not hold back, and DC is here to break it all down! DC compares their friendship to his relationship with Cain Velasquez, and gives an exclusive, behind-the-curtain look at what those meetings were like for him and Dana. Plus, Daniel Cormier makes his case for Aljamain Sterling getting the rematch with the bantamweight champion Sean O'Malley, and why Merab "needs" to take the fight is he's up next. #Volume #HerdSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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So I was in Las Vegas for the Contenders Series. And Dana goes to the Contender Series press conference. Contendantor Series, by the way, is very, very fun. It really is like a sprint. The athletes are fighting like crazy. The show is two hours. It really is one of my favorite things that they've asked me to do. And I did it because Bisbing and Felder are in Paris this week and last week.

They were in Singapore and those guys generally do the contender series. But after the contender series, Dana White was at the press conference and he spoke about Marab de Wallisvili. Marab de Wallisvili is the number one contender in the Bannonweight Division. But he is very, very close to Al Jermaine Sterling. So close to the point that he will not even entertain a fight against Al Jermaine and Sterling. I get that because Kane and I were in the same situation. Ultimately, I ended up going to a different weight class before I ran into that. But I want to talk to you guys a little bit about how it works in those situations.

First of all, let me tell you what Dana White said in regards to Marab Duolishvili. It was transcribed by M.M.A. fighting. Dana said This is not You could be friends with everybody in this business There's a lot of people in this business A lot of good people This is not about friendship

It's about fighting out Who is the best in the world And if you don't want to find out Who the best in the world is Then this is not the place for you You should be somewhere else There are plenty of places to fight Where they don't give a shit what you do

But it doesn't work here I understand this because I was in the same situation with Kane. And I recall being in Dana's office with Lorenzo renegotiated the contract when I was still up at heavyweight and they asked me about it. And I said I was going to go down to 205. It was honestly before I fought Rashad Evans

or was going to fight Rashad Evans. Ultimately it ended up being Patrick Cummins. I was going to 205. And Dana and them did say to me, they said, well, it's good. you're going down because you guys are too good to avoid each other. Ultimately, you guys would have to each other and probably had to fight. So by changing the weight class, it eliminated all those issues with not wanting to fight my friend.

Marab and Aljo find himself in the same situation. With Marab saying, I don't want to be fighting my friend. I will also tell you this. Part of the reason I didn't want to fight King, Alaska. is because I knew what happened in the gym every day. So the question is, how's Marab doing with Aljo? To know he doesn't really want to fight this guy. The friendship is obviously number one.

But also, you know in training with that guy, how tough it would be to get a victory over him, if possible at all. Because generally, the guy that doesn't want to fight is the one that is not the champion. In this case, that's Marab de Wallisvili. But they're too good. It seemed as though they might have had a answer to the problem.

When Aljo was going to defend the belt and go up to 145. While after Sean O'Malley does what he does, Aljo now says he's staying down at Bantamweight. And if you believe what I'm telling you, he should be in line for an immediate rematch. When you've defended the belt as many times as he has, we've seen time and time again guys get rematches, not Al Jermaine Sterling.

They're moving on. There should be no reason why Maraubes should not. want to take the fight with Sean O'Malley unless he just believes that there is no one else that can compete with Aljo to the point that if he becomes the champ, Al Jemaine will be staring right again as the number one contender. But then the shoe flips. Then the shoe flips. It was Marab, the great friend. These guys are great friends. Great friends. But it was Marab, the guy that was beating everyone else, not wanting to fight. How does it work when it's the other way around, which could be possible?

Because Aljo could go on and run again and become a no-oic contender. And when you watch Marab and you look at the styles, it seems as though Maraq could be a difficult challenge for the new champion. Granted, we have seen Maraub get hurt before, and O'Malley seems to know how to finish people when he gets. some hurt, but we've also seen otherworldly toughness from a Rob DeWalishvili, especially in the Marla Marais fight. Where he was dropped, he was hurt, it looked like he was done, and he got up and he got

the job done. And I believe he is a favorite to beat Sean O'Malley if they are matched up right now. I, Brian, look up the odds real quick for me. O'Malley versus the Wallers Vila odds. I believe that they have instilled Marab as a favorite to become the Bannonweight Champion of the world if he is to take that fight. So ultimately, it's about him being healthy enough

in him being willing to fight for the championship. And then you put the shoe on the other foot. Now, Jermaine Sterling is now the person that has to say, well, I'm not going to take the title fight because my boys got it. But I'm telling you, once you've got a piece of that championship life, you don't know what's going to happen when you're in that situation. Imagine an Olympics where doping is not only legal but encouraged. It's the enhanced games.

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Because these guys are unbelievably close. They're unbelievably close. And they love each other. But when you look at it from a promoter's perspective, it's like how do you deal with two guys lingering around the top of the division, both unbelievably talented, both with potential to hold the championship, not willing to fight each other, not changing weight classes in both being okay with the situation as

it is. Having a new champion really helps Marab Duolishvili. Oh, sorry, no. Marab is an underdog to Sugar Sean O'Malley. Pretty big underdog actually. He's plus 250. But I saw that Sean had somebody they had put him in there with

that they said he would be an underdog. But hell, might have changed. Looks like now the closest eye is Cheeto Vera. So I get Dana's point. But I can also see where Marab is coming from, because I was there, but we need to have some sort of answer to the unwillingness to do it.

We also got to see what those guys do going forward because it seems like Cheeto is in line. Cheeto is the guy that he's supposed to fight next. But Mara would seem to be very close. And honestly, with the way Maraup fought against Peyote d'Oen, he should be the number one contender, if not Al Jermaine Sterling. So this is one of those situations where I can see both sides. I see the UFC side. But I don't think that Marab should look elsewhere to fight

because he is easily one of the best fighters in the world. If he went anywhere else, he would just dominate. His grinding style, his wrestling, his cardio would be far too much for anyone else. He needs to be fighting the best fighters in the world. And those fighters are in the UFC. I also see Marab's point. where you got a guy in Aljo who's pretty much taking him in and does

everything with him. When the Rob, probably didn't have anything. I stayed with Al Jemaine Sterling. They've trained and come up together. So the idea of hurting that person really doesn't sit right with you. I always felt like if I was fighting Kane, and with the potential of one of us

losing, he was going to take money from Marquita and Daniel. And if I won, I would take money from Coral and Little Kane. It did not make sense. And I believe that this is where these guys are. But ultimately, we need some answers. So Marab, what we're going to do, baby?

What are we going to do? The sugar show will fight anybody. It's just about who's going to step up. Who's going to step up? Bannerweight division is fun right now, guys, and I'm loving it. Loving it. Until next time, guys. Like, subscribe.

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athletes for a full year. Within probably 10 days, I'd put on 10 pounds. I was having trouble stopping the muscle growth. Listen to Superhuman on the I-Hard Radio app. Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. On The Look Back at it podcast. From 1979, that was a big moment for me. 84 was big to me.

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