Patrick Cummins Made Daniel Cormier Cry

This is the story line the UFC is using to promote Patrick Cummins vs Daniel Cormier. They needed something to make anyone care that this fight is happening. Cummins was more than happy to oblige, informing the MMA media that he made Cormier cry several years ago while training for the Olympics.

I don't blame the UFC for pushing this tale. This is a fight that was made only ten days out from an original Rashad Evans vs Daniel Cormier match up. Evans went down with an injury, a replacement was needed. The UFC found their substitute in a coffee barista with a 4-0 MMA record. 

Check out the two square off.

This was a no win situation for the UFC and they've actually created some semblance of a worth while fight. Cummins story along with his baiting of Cormier, actually makes me as a fan curious about how this will turn out. Dare I say, I might be following this match up closer now rather than when Evans was involved. 

Come Saturday night, we have more than only Ronda Rousey defending her championship against an Olympian I don't know, in a paper thin division. We have a schoolyard feud between one man claiming to have made the other cry.

According to Cormier in this interview the story is true, in a sense. The thing is he had just lost his daughter and it was a tough time in his life. Cormier is at least portraying a fighter that is ticked at Cummins for releasing trusted information. 

Will Cormier make Cummins eat his words? Will Cummins be the next to cry? 

Let's see what Cummins thinks of all this, here.