In a recent interview with TMZ Sports, UFC Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier discussed being genuinely disappointed that a fight against Brock Lesnar did not come to fruition, despite the two teasing the fight for months previously.

Cormier stated, “I wanted to fight Brock, but you can only really worry about things that you can control. I can’t control that he doesn’t want to fight anymore. He’s done”

Cormier stated that he appreciated the UFC and Lesnar for trying to make a deal happen, but thinks at the end of the day, that WWE offered Lesnar too much money to stay out of the Octagon stating, “I just think the WWE gave him such a great deal, they really always take care of this guy. Ultimately, you get paid that much money to go and wrestle as opposed to fighting me? There’s no predetermined outcome there. I’m gonna try to kick your a**, so I think he made the smart decision.”

Cormier noted that he was friends with Lesnar before the talks of the two fighting started in July 2018 and that now that Brock is not a potential opponent anymore, that they can go back to texting and talking on the phone stating, “Maybe I can start going to watch him wrestle and do all that other stuff again.”

The interview is available in full at this link.