Cormier releases a statement

Published on Monday, 7/31/17, at 2:42 p.m. Eastern.

Daniel Cormier released his first statement since losing his belt to Jon Jones via third-round knockout (headkick & punches) at UFC 214 in Anaheim on Saturday night.

First off, thank you all for the kind words. I have felt the support. Congratulations to Jon Jones and his team. They did a phenomenal job and got the victory. Also, to Big John McCarthy, I would like to apologize for acting up with you. I am thankful for the time you gave me to try and defend myself and stay in the fight. You are the best in the business for a reason. I also wanna thank my team and my coaches. I love you all from the bottom of my heart. Your time and energy is greatly appreciated. You guys did a wonderful job, I was ready. It’s a fist fight and things happen. Dana White and the @ufc, thank you for being the premiere organization in all of MMA. Again, congrats to Team Jones and JacksonWink. Love you all. I’ll see you soon. DC 📷@layziethesavage

A post shared by Daniel “DC” Cormier (@dc_mma) on Jul 30, 2017 at 7:36pm PDT