Daniel Cormier’s Coach Wants Legend to Stay Retired

Although it certainly looks like Daniel Cormier’s storied career is over, if “DC” is thinking about fighting again, it looks like his coach will try to convince him not to.

Javier Mendez says “DC” needs to stop”

For a long time, Cormier said he wasn’t going to compete past his 40th birthday. But, when injuries kept him sidelined, Cormier opted to keep fighting past that date.

As the former light heavyweight and heavyweight champ got set to fight Stipe Miocic for a third time at UFC 252 earlier this month, he repeatedly said the bout would be his last. Following the loss, Cormier noted that since he doesn’t see a title fight happening, he’s hanging up the gloves.

Well, since then, Cormier’s longtime coach Javier Mendez appeared on “Hablemos MMA”. While talking about Cormier, and the possibility of him fighting again, the renowned coach relayed he doesn’t want to see that happen (quotes via MMA Junkie).

“He needs to stop,” Mendez said. “He’s 41, and the truth is that he’s not the same person I had when he was 27 years old. He’s gone down a bit.

“He’s got so many obligations with interviews, television, and it’s best that he doesn’t fight. It sucks that the fight went that way, and he had to leave like that, but you know, he’s one of the best in the world.

What he’s done is very big. He doesn’t need to do any more. He’s not No. 1 or 2 pound-for-pound, but he’s four or seven or around that number.

What he did is great. I don’t want him to fight, and he doesn’t want to fight because he only wants to fight for titles.

And for what? He’s going to make more money with television and other things, and if he’s not fighting for a title, why fight?

“All the fights that he’s had, his last 11 fights have been for the title. So this time not fighting for a title?

I don’t think so. And he wants to help me, help his kid and the wrestlers he has. He’s very proud, and it fills him with joy to be training them so they can be good men.”

Is this the end?

As it stands right now, it does seem like we’ve probably seen Cormier competing for the last time. Although he was understandably frustrated about the eye poke he took in the rubber match with Miocic, it seems clear the UFC’s ready to move on from the trilogy.