Daniel Cormier believes that Aaron Pico has received too much damage in his career from MMA.
Pico (13-5 MMA, 0-1 UFC) did not achieve his debut in the octagon when he was knocked out by Lerone Murphy in the first assault of the UFC 319 co-west event, held on Saturday at the United Center in Chicago. Pico has been knocked out in his five professional losses, four of them by knockout.
After Murphy gave a rotating codazo to Pico, This remained unconscious for a short time before recovering consciousness.
«He hurt a lot of peak. He used peak aggressiveness against him. I'm a fighter, so I know Aaron Pico since childhood. It was a brutal knockout. He had tight teeth. They could not take out the oral protector ».
That is very worrying for Aaron Pico. They have knocked out several times, and when they have knocked out, they have done very badly. So there is some concern from peak, But congratulations to Lerone Murphy for having left airy at his most difficult time.
As for Murphy (17-0-1 MMA, 9-0-1 UFC), the British was recognized for his performance by the UFC weight weight champion, Alexander Volkanovski (27-5 MMA, 14-4 UFC), and Cormier agrees.
«Lerone Murphy was undefeated in the UFC, had not been defeated, had defeated all those who put them ahead, and yet he felt they ignored him. It cannot be ignored after what he did (peak) because he had a high -level opponent, An opponent who fought hard, an opponent who had the firm conviction that he was going to beat him, and knocked out. And he completely knocked out. We talk about sports moments and memories, and many times, when you try to win something, you need that memory … Lerone Murphy had that moment that will give him a championship opportunity.
And you have to recognize that he left at the most important moment of his career and did it better than ever. Then the champion sent him a message saying: “See you in December, Lerone.” We do not know what will happen in December with the host of the end of the year, but it seems that Volkanovski wants to fight against Lerone Murphy, and I will tell you one thing: if someone deserves a fight for the title like the one that Magomed Ankalaev did before his last fight, like the one that Khamzat (Chimaev) did before his last fight, that is Lerone Murphy. It deserves the opportunity to fight the champion for the belt. He won it with one of the best knockouts we have seen in a long time.
