The Daniel Cormier Show - DC & Ben Askren on Ngannou & Rousey CARD REVEALED, Colby Covington, DC's INSANE theory

This is Daniel Cormier from the Daniel Cormier Show, and yes, I’m singing because it’s WrestleMania season, baby—Cody Rhodes time.

I’ll give you that vibe, and I’ll raise you a Dusty Rhodes Hard Times nod.

On Colby Covington, I’ve known him since recruiting days and I actually like the guy, but he leaned hard into a persona and politics, and now it feels like he expected an opportunity that didn’t come.

He’s talking like a jilted ex, and that claim about fighters not getting video game money isn’t true; you confirmed there are royalties.

Fighters do get paid for the game based on how often their character gets used, and the annual royalty sheet breaks down merch, tees, hats, and everything—those checks were real and bigger when I was active.

Colby’s fought roughly once a year for a while, and relevance fades with that schedule; it’s easy to see how the UFC might not value a big number if you’re not staying busy.

Unless everyone sits out, the machine keeps rolling with names like Ilya, Islam, and Pereira, and most top guys won’t sacrifice their prime for a collective holdout; even John Jones turning down fifteen million shows how relative pay gets at the top.

There are countless fighters who’d jump at twelve and twelve, and without a real rival promoting bidding wars, pay moves slowly; other orgs have overpaid and burned out before.

It’s business: bring value, get paid; become irreplaceable and the marquee sells, which is how you change your family’s life—no one has replaced Conor’s draw yet.

The UFC also builds stars in a way others don’t; when I signed, my following exploded and that led directly to sponsor money, which is real value beyond the purse.

Ronda’s career blossomed in the UFC and she seems angry lately, which surprises me.

She’s long come off entitled and then went quiet after big losses, which never sat well with me.

She was a judo prodigy and Olympian before MMA, and shifting gears, that new card looks fun, with Diaz versus Perry front and center.

They did well grabbing who was available; Moraes versus Mokaev is interesting, and that Cuban heavyweight who flashed early wound up losing to guys like Austin Lane.

On wrestling, Wisconsin’s scene is super segregated by geography, but in Missouri I saw Black wrestlers across divisions, rural and urban, which surprised me.

I told my daughter I’ve got a ‘super power’ switch when it’s time to compete, like the day I played goalie against Stipe without knowing how to skate and somehow stuffed seven straight to win.

You’re an Olympian, man—that’s your ‘switch’; and yeah, we jawed about disc golf while golf keeps humbling you despite your five-year mastery rule.

Congrats on Mitchell Mesenbrink’s run, and good luck keeping AWA calm; also, I reffed a WWE match and, sorry to break hearts, it’s a production.

I just posted a video saying Oklahoma State can push Penn State in a couple years, and I’m dipping before your chaos rubs off on me.

Penn State’s youth wave was wild and Kale’s ‘followed the rules’ line sure sounded pointed; shout out to Tom Brands too—seven All-Americans—and I’m cooked after this one.

Iowa outperformed my prediction by a hair but loses core starters, and I love how Caliendo just finds ways to win while heavyweight turnover opens doors for new contenders next season.