At UFC 226, Brock Lesnar entered the Octagon and shoved Daniel Cormier following his UFC Heavyweight Title victory over Stipe Miocic.
Despite the altercation, a fight between the two never materialized.
Appearing on the Mightycast with Demetrious Johnson, Cormier explained what happened.
“Brock played us. Brock played us, bro. Brock came with the idea, he always has an open door because he is such a big star. I was on a Brock Lesnar card at UFC 200. I fought Anderson (Silva). Sold 1.4 million pay-per-views. Brock actually came and WWE paid him more to stay. They paid him more to stay. We danced the dance for a while. It could have been Brock and I when I fought Derrick Lewis in New York. They paid him so much to stay. He was such a big star there that he could make money to go do that and do nothing but suplex, or fight me in an Octagon and I’m going to try and kill him. He made the best choice,” said Cormier.
Lesnar fought at UFC 200, defeating Mark Hunt, though the bout was overturned to a no contest after Lesnar tested positive for a banned substance.
Asked if fans might see Brock vs. Cormier in WWE, Cormier replied, “Brock is on the banned list right now. Brock got into so much trouble. I ain’t telling you on air what Brock did. Brock is in so much trouble.”
Cormier did not clarify the “banned list” and who or what it pertains to or entails.
Brock was implicated, and later named, in Janel Grant’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE. He has not been on WWE TV since WWE SummerSlam 2023.
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