It's going to take more than posting images of him crying to upset UFC champ Daniel Cormier

If you want to get under champ Daniel Cormier’s skin, it’s going to take more than poking fun at him for crying.

Cormier told MMAjunkie Radio earlier this week that people online, including the pro wrestling enemies he apparently made recently, would send him images of him crying after being knocked out by longtime foe Jon Jones at UFC 214.

If the point was to get to him, though, Cormier said they failed.

“That doesn’t bother me,” Cormier said. “I’ve used this GIF myself. I’m not above making fun of Daniel Cormier.”

On Wednesday, the UFC’s 205-pound champion took to Instagram to reiterate that he has no problem with being seen crying. To prove it, he posted a picture showing that he has, in fact, been known to shed some tears in face of defeat before.

“What can I say,” Cormier’s caption read. “I hate losing.”

People putting the photo of me crying don’t realize it’s ok lol. I been doing this crying since I was a kid lol. Here’s another one for y’all this is me crying on the awards stand at the junior nationals after losing in the finals. What can I say. I hate losing. #memories #longasscareer #lifeatthetop #20yearshighestlevel

A post shared by Daniel "DC" Cormier (@dc_mma) on Dec 21, 2017 at 7:38pm PST

“People putting the photo of me crying don’t realize it’s ok lol,” Cormier wrote. “I been doing this crying since I was a kid lol. Here’s another one for y’all this is me crying on the awards stand at the junior nationals after losing in the finals. What can I say. I hate losing.”

In any case, it’s not like losing is something that happens to Cormier very often. At 38, the former Olympic wrestler has only one official loss in his entire MMA career – a UFC 182 title effort that ended in an unanimous decision for then-champ Jon Jones in 2015.

While Cormier did technically lose again recently, in the Jones rematch that spawned the crying memes, the result was later turned into a no-contest due to a failed drug test by Jones. The UFC’s light heavyweight belt was then returned to Cormier.

Cormier (19-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) is now set to defend the title at UFC 220, which takes place at TD Garden in Boston, against fast-rising Volkan Oezdemir (15-1 MMA, 3-0 UFC). The bout co-headlines the pay-per-view card, which features a heavyweight title match between Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou as the main event.

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