The Daniel Cormier Show - DC CLAPS BACK at Nate Diaz for callout on Theo Von's podcast: "You're AVERAGE!"

Alright, we’re back at it—Nate Diaz took another swing at me on Theo Von’s show, so I played the clip and let it land.

Analysts who never fought or who came up short shouldn’t tell fighters what to do, and guys like DC and others need to be checked for talking like they know it all.

Getting called out of my name isn’t cool, and saying I wasn’t a fighter is wild when I’m a two-division champ with only a few losses. I try to be respectful, but if we stack careers, we’re in different lanes.

I don’t claim to know everything; my job is to explain the details fans can’t always see, same as Bisping, Cruz, and Felder. I’m on the UFC A-team because we earned it, not because I need a check.

Bragging about money is a weak jab when both people are doing great; my biggest paydays were with Jon Jones. Conor boosted Nate’s bag and I’m glad he might clear around ten million, and I’m good on my side too.

What stands out is the record—thirteen different losses, many in his prime—while mine came late. For elite champs, that volume is hard to picture, even if it’s technically possible.

At forty and forty-one I was fighting for UFC titles, so yeah, we’re built different. I even passed Nate at Red Rock and wish I’d said what’s up; maybe this is about my friendship with Bisping, but the gap remains.

I cried after losses because it felt like death, while Nate often shrugs it off and hits the after-party, which makes it seem like outcomes don’t bite. Care more, or prepare so you never have to feel that when Perry shows up.

Perry and I talk and he gets it; he’s real. Nate’s heated because I called him what the numbers say—average—and he keeps calling out champions like he’s already there.

I don’t enjoy this and I’m not staging a street scene, but I’ll say it to his face the same way I’m saying it here. We both have money and families, so be happy, stop hating, and to everyone listening, I appreciate you—see you next time, peace.