A lot has been said about UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Cruz and how great the card was. There is also a lot of outrage in regards to Michael Bispings reaction to Cruz getting knocked out by a headkick. Some say it was a little too much for someone who is friends and co-workers with Cruz for the last 10 years. Bisping says “it was just his passion for the sport”. A lot of fans do not believe it as Bisping was seen embracing Marlon Vera fondly after the fight cageside. Michael Bisping and Marlon Vera are training partners. They have trained together for the better length of their careers together at RVCA under Jason Parillo.
DC and DC support eachother
There was a time when Daniel Cormier and Dominick Cruz aired their problems out live. When Cruz called Cormier out at a press conference and said, “he doesn’t do his research, he doesn’t watch the fights, he gets his money and he leaves, I mute the TV when he is commentating“. Cormier was rather aggravated and invited Cruz for a Check-In with DC on Cormiers Youtube channel. They aired out their differences and Cruz professed he was, “holding Cormier accountable and accountability is love“. And despite Cormier being mad they came to an understanding.
Cormier was seriously sad when Cruz couldn’t stand after the headkick. You might remember when Daniel Cormier won the UFC heavyweight championship belt (video below), how in shutter disbelief Cruz was. Him and Rogan esctatic, and Cruz repeated, “he got it done.” several times as he was genuinely happy for his co-worker and friend Daniel.
Below is a video of how happy Dominick was when Daniel Cormier won the heavyweight belt.
Below is a video when Cormier was knocked out by Stipe Miocic for the heavyweight title. Dominick can be heard saying, “ohh noo“. Seeming very displeased with no emotion. He doesn’t want to see his friend end up with his back on the canvas looking at the lights.
Below is when Cormier was knocked out with a headkick @ 3:58 in his rematch to Jon Jones and you could tell the whole desk was sad after his loss. But still gave Jon Jones his respect as they should have.
This has nothing to do with saying Bisping is a real or fake friend. This is to give a context into maybe why Daniel Cormier had that reaction when Dominick Cruz got KO’d. Marlon Vera delivered a great KO win and nothing should be taken away from that fact.
