Phil Hawes appears to regret how he handled things with Daniel Cormier after finishing the soon-to-be UFC Hall of Famer’s longtime teammate, Deron Winn.
Hawes brutalized Winn over the course of the fight, wobbling his opponent multiple times in the first round before Herb Dean mercifully stopped it late in the second. After the win, Hawes was enraged at Cormier’s claims that he had “chosen the wrong man .”
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Cormier explained to Hawes that he doesn’t pick fights, and cooler heads eventually prevailed. During his post-fight media scrum, Hawes apologized to Cormier.
“Yeah, it was just a misunderstanding on my behalf,” Hawes said. “‘DC’ is such a role model to me, [he’s] a two-weight world champion, just a stellar dude. It was not a mistake. It was just a miscommunication.
“I apologize, ‘DC.’ Don’t beat me up.”
With the victory, Hawes improved to 4-1 inside the octagon and bounced back from a first-round KO loss to Chris Curtis at UFC 268 this past November.
Check out Hawes complete post-fight interview, courtesy MMAWeekly.com.
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