Daniel Cormier was not necessarily happy that what he saw as a private conversation with Tom Aspinall became public and made it seem like he was casting aspersions to a ranked UFC heavyweight. Cormier made some comments about Jailton Almeida that were not complimentary in scope. The footage came out on Aspinall’s vlog, with the UFC heavyweight champion’s videographer capturing the whispered interaction where DC mentioned that Almeida cannot fight.
Some gave Cormier flak for those comments, considering his prominence as a UFC broadcaster and the fact that Almeida was heading into a fight with Alexander Volkov at UFC 321 that looked to be a title eliminator bout.