Boxing commentator Sergio Mora isn’t leaving his disdain for UFC heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier for social media, alone.
On Monday, Mora was a guest on SiriusXM’s “At the Fights” with hosts Randy Gordon and Gerry Cooney, and the former boxing champ and current DAZN analyst made it clear he believes Cormier was out of line with his recent comments, which accused Mora and fellow broadcaster Brian Kenny of ruining Saturday’s Saul “Canelo” Alvarez vs. Danny Jacobs boxing match with one-sided commentary.
“I’m not pissed off, and I never met the guy,” Mora said. “I know of him. I know that he is the UFC champion. I know that he also does analyst work for the MMA, and I just think it was unprofessional – and yeah, you come at me like an asshole, I’m going to return it.”
Alvarez took home a unanimous-decision win over Jacobs at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in a headlining contest that streamed on DAZN.
The scores of 115-113, 115-113 and 116-112 for Alvarez indicated a relatively close contest in the eyes of the ringside judges, but Cormier took to social media to express his displeasure for the call, which he claimed was incredibly one-sided to favor of “Canelo.”
Mora appeared on SiriusXM to review the contest, as well as his call.
Cooney is also a former professional boxer who twice challenged for heavyweight world titles. While Cooney admitted he was a little disappointed in the Alvarez-Jacobs contest – and actually scored the bout the exact same as two of the judges at 115-113 – he still stood in support of Mora and suggested that “The Latin Snake” has “just got to let it go and keep moving forward and talking the game you know.”
Mora expressed his appreciation for the understanding of the transition from fighter to broadcaster – and then took one more solid dig at Cormier.
“That’s because you’re a fighter turned commentator, Gerry,” Mora said. “They don’t realize how hard it is. So, yeah, the transition is difficult, and as a fighter, we don’t take criticism lightly because if we get criticized in a fight, we go in there and whoop someone’s ass. You can’t do that as a broadcaster.
“Broadcasters just have to suck it up, unless the heavyweight champion in another sport does it, then (expletive) him.”
Cormier (22-1 MMA, 11-1 UFC), who is currently slated to face former champ Stipe Miocic (18-3 MMA, 12-3 UFC) in a highly anticipated rematch at UFC 241 on Aug. 17 at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
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