Matt Mitrione: My wrestling is not good enough to fight Daniel Cormier on short notice

U know, I kinda like the fact that he manned up and admitted he thinks he'd lose. While it bums me out to not see him (able/wanting to) step up, I appreciate the candor here.

Hello pot this is the kettle

It's cool he didn't make an excuse and admitted he is afraid to take the fight because he'll probably lose but its a major pussy move to make after talking crap and braging about fighters not fighting him

AGREE !!!



It funny how people who talk crap...Have those same tables turn onto them...

Another thing...Matts wrerstling will never be ready to the level of DC wrestling. What he thinks he can just brings his wrestling up to speed with a 10week camp....wishful thinking...



Its also clear that alot of fighters only put 50% effort into their sport in terms of their training...Some of these guys only train hard when its time to perform ....

I'm not a meat head fan but I actually agree with this decision. A lot of guys have had huge set backs in their career due to short notice fights against higher calibre fighters. While gm1 is correct that his wrestling will likely never be on par with Cormier's, Mitrione (or anyone else) would stand a better chance with a full training camp that focused on improving his wrestling enough to keep the fight standing for a little longer.

I think that there are so many good guys in the UFC. that you easily fall behind after a loss or two. This very high competition demands that fighters are 100% prepared both physically and mentally.

You do end up with cancelled fights, but at least when fights happen everybody is fighting fully prepared and with no excuses.



A whole other league are the ones who fight whoever, whenever...

If he really manned up the quote would read, "I'm not good enough to ever challenge for the heavyweight belt in the UFC and I'm not ready for this fight."

Sooo your not a real fighter

DC probably wouldn't have even attempted a takedown.

Wasnt he calling people out for not accepting fights not long ago?

(I could be mistaken but I thought he was one of them)

Your not mistaken, he's a hypocrite.

Yep he was. Actually, last week on The MMA Hour when he was arguing with Rampage I recall him bragging about never turning down a fight

Big time Hypocrite. Yep, Jon Jones was the bag guy for not taking a fight on 8 days notice, wasn't he?

yea sucks cos he called out rampage last week. i like this guy just want to see him win

That's great he's being honest. But he needs to shut his mouth when he has opinions about other people not accepting fights. Does anyone find it ironic that both Mitrione and Rashad have been hit with a side dish of Karma.??

Besides the fact he is a hypocrite, nothing wrong with this. Look at the way UFC treated there good buddy Charlie B. Cut him for two straight losses after he stepped up for Marquart to save a main event, and fought the day after his coach died. Two L's in a row would not be a good look for MeatHead.

Charlie wasnt just cut for losing two in a row. The way he lost was more ofot, all of his loses were destructions. When he wasn't being killed he was winning via passive lay and pray.

He did some good things for the company but really most of those things weren't his actually fighting performance

Nothing wrong with admitting you're out of your element.

You make a good point man. I can't argue, I guess its just the fact I have never expected anything from Mitrione that makes me not care so much.

Cool being honest about your skill set but if your wrestling isn't good enough now then when do you think it will be? Your not a 22yr old prospect Meathead....

The beef with rampage on the mma hour was IMO trolling at its best: " work on your wrestling. better work on your wrestling!" but now he ducks Cormier, by saying his wrestling is "not good enough" and that "he needs time"? oh, the irony. that´s so dumb and so hypocrite, i can´t believe he did that move. meathead, you just lost the few fans you had, including me, mofo.

thats why hes a meat head

understandable but lame at the same time.

if his wrestling is not good enough just work on his tdd and scrambling!

so if he was offered big nog, would he say his bjj is not good enough yet?

Is it really a great opportunity (like Dana said) to get your ass handed to you in a fight you are not ready for? No Dana that is absolutely terrible for your career.

umm...this isn't a wrestling match, it's a fight. there's more ways to win then just wrestling. Besides, he could practice wrestling all day long and still won't be anywhere near as good as Cormiers wrestling Just reminds me of the stupid excuses he was coming up with back in TUF

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I've been fortunate enough to win fights against much larger and technically better skilled opponents as a result of being able to survive long enough to set up my straight or overhand right.



Fairly one dimensional fighters like myself and Mitrione are vulnerable against technically accomplished/ complete martial artists.... IMO; when the challenge is on the table you have got to take the challenge... fighting against people you feel you can win is not the challenge - the main opponent before a fight is your own mind - in the fight the thing to conquer is your body, when the body says quit, the heart says no, not today, find a way.



I like Mitrione, but IMO he's missing the point. Fighters fight whoever is put in front of them... Dan Hardy is a good example, regardless of his non existant wrestling, he got humble, kept going and is improving his game. For me the love to fight isn't about winning, it's about not losing to yourself. I believe Mitrione has lost the battle with himself, he's cowed down by fear.



Fear is inevitable in life, but cowardice is a choice.

Oh sensei you have returned!

Cowardice is often sensible. fear exists for a reason otherwise we'd not exist as we know it. We'd all fall off high things, burn ourselves on hot things, but so long as you can set up your overhand wipe on wipe off Mr Miagnam style all's well with the world.

@darejz00



Yes, that's right, I could not leave your step mother with a squealing brat like you... I had to come back to take you to the orphanage.... you will be better off there, there will be no girls so you will be surrounded by all those boys- your favorite.

Mitrione is dumber than he looks. Long gone are the days of fighters "stepping up" and taking short notice fights, which is exactly what the UFC wants. It's all about having enough time, when the real reason is he is fat and out of shape. That's why GSP is a champion, he is always in shape. Even if Meat got his ass kicked, White would have more respect for him because he stepped up. And if he won, it would catapult him to the top of the HW division. Instead he makes a lame ass excuse.

another craptalker not backing his own shit up!!!

pu$$y!!!

Guys the reason why so many people criticized Bones was coz he was coming off a full training camp and still declined the fight where as Rashad and Meathead hav not had any time to prepare