{"id":395242,"date":"2022-07-02T16:18:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T16:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=395242"},"modified":"2022-07-02T16:18:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T16:18:54","slug":"cheated-but-did-not-have-the-courage-to-use-a-needle-chael-sonnen-has-a-unique-take-on-daniel-cormiers-towelgate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/cheated-but-did-not-have-the-courage-to-use-a-needle-chael-sonnen-has-a-unique-take-on-daniel-cormiers-towelgate\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Cheated But Did Not Have the Courage to Use a Needle&#8217;- Chael Sonnen Has a Unique Take on Daniel Cormier&#8217;s &#8216;Towelgate&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major component of International Fight Week just wrapped up with the Hall of Fame ceremony now in the books. Daniel Cormier and Khabib Nurmagomedov were inducted into the Hall of Fame, and it\u2019s no surprise given their body of work over the years. In fact, the moment both fighters announced their respective retirements from MMA, it became abundantly clear that they would end up as Hall of Famers.<\/p>\n<p>During his acceptance speech, Daniel Cormier dropped a cheeky bomb on fans and media members when he admitted to having cheated to make weight against Anthony \u2018Rumble\u2019 Johnson. He went on the say, <em>\u201cI want to tell you something because I feel like right now is the time to be completely transparent. I think I may have grabbed the towel in Buffalo. Rumble, I\u2019m sorry my guy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">He had to get this one off his chest \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dc_mma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DC_MMA<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFCHOF?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFCHOF<\/a> | Hall of Fame Presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToyoTires?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ToyoTires<\/a> ] <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uMnu4rl1YI\">pic.twitter.com\/uMnu4rl1YI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; UFC (@ufc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc\/status\/1542714260790312961?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the now-infamous towel gate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/fighter\/Daniel-Cormier-52311\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cormier<\/a> was seen grabbing onto the towel in order to make the championship weight limit for his title fight against \u2018Rumble\u2019. As seen by the recent incident with Charles Oliveira, coming in overweight leads to several complications, including being stripped of your status as the undisputed UFC champion.<\/p>\n<p>Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/i-just-think-i-can-beat-some-of-those-guys-kamaru-usman-eyes-the-205-pound-belt-as-he-chases-champ-champ-status\/\">\u201cI Just Think I Can Beat Some of Those Guys\u201d- Kamaru Usman Eyes the 205-Pound Belt as He Chases Champ-Champ Status<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Chael Sonnen fires shots at Daniel Cormier<\/h2>\n<p>While many fans found DC\u2019s admission of guilt as hilarious, there were some who didn\u2019t see the humor in his actions. \u2018The American Gangster\u2019 shared his thoughts on Cormier\u2019s move via Twitter and it\u2019s evident that he found the admission pointless.<\/p>\n<p>True to form, Sonnen\u2019s witty response was ultimately capped off by him claiming to be the \u2018linear\u2019 light heavyweight champion due to Daniel Cormier\u2019s action.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s on video. Anybody who thought a confession was a gotcha moment is NERD. Like if he said \u201cno I didn\u2019t\u201d while you\u2019re staring at that photo do you think the jury is still deliberating? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xc79gg3fAJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/xc79gg3fAJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\/status\/1542972382746255361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cheated but did not have the courage to use a needle. Disappointing.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\/status\/1542974080743182336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THIS<br \/>makes<br \/>ME<br \/>the<\/p>\n<p>&quot;LINEAR CHAMP&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xc79gg3fAJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/xc79gg3fAJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chael Sonnen (@ChaelSonnen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChaelSonnen\/status\/1542977020241383424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s on video. Anybody who thought a confession was a gotcha moment is NERD. Like if he said \u201cno I didn\u2019t\u201d while you\u2019re staring at that photo do you think the jury is still deliberating?\u2026\u00a0Cheated but did not have the courage to use a needle. Disappointing\u2026 THIS makes ME the \u201cLINEAR CHAMP\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The MMA community is certainly split down the middle by Daniel Cormier\u2019s decision to tell all on his HOF induction ceremony day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major component of International Fight Week just wrapped up with the Hall of Fame ceremony now in the books. Daniel Cormier and Khabib Nurmagomedov were inducted into the Hall of Fame, and it\u2019s no surprise given their body of work over the years. In fact, the moment both fighters announced their respective retirements from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":395249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ufc"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=395242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/395242\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/395249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=395242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=395242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=395242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}