Daniel Cormier is not a fan of Australian wrestling. He has openly stated that the Australian opponents he faced during his wrestling career, may as well have given him a bye. This statement has got him into trouble with a UFC fighter and content creator.
Quillan Salkilld is an up-and-coming Australian fighter who has a 2-0 record in the UFC and has been attracting a lot of eyeballs. Salkilld believes he is a part of the new ‘dominant’ era of Australian fighters.
In a recent interview with Jon Bernard-Kairouz, the topic of DC’s doubts about Australian wrestling arose. Salkilld then made a revelation that no one expected: he claims that the UFC commentator was cornering his opponent against him during his fight.
“I heard him cornering saying what my opponent to do. In the last round, we tied up into some sort of clinch situation and I heard someone say, ‘You gotta break away.’ And I thought it was his corner.” The Australian fighter then quickly realized that his opponent’s corner did not speak English, so who else could it have been?
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“It was DC saying to him to break away he’s cornering against me.” Salkilld could not believe what he was hearing, and it prompted him to call out ‘DC‘.
UFC fighter dismisses Daniel Cormier
Although Cormier believes the level of Australian wrestling wasn’t that good when he was competing, it has definitely gotten better now. But naturally, the Australian fighters have taken Cormier’s dismissive attitude towards them as a challenge. And Salkilld had a lot to say to ‘DC’ for his comments.
In the same interview with Kairouz, he stated, “Aussie grappling beats American grappling mate. We’re seeing this with all the fights with Volk, with JDM now, like we’re hard to wrestle with, mate.” The up-and-coming UFC fighter has indirectly challenged the American grapplers.
“Maybe he should corner me next time, make things even, that’s what I think.”
Salkilld will be looking to continue his run of form in the UFC. Fans believe he could be the next big thing from Australia because of his fighting style.
It will be interesting to see how he measures up against a pure wrestler; that will be the ultimate test for him. And Cormier will get to see if the Australian can back up all the talk.
