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Daniel Cormier lashes out at Joaquin Buckley over H*e comments: ‘You don’t get Daniel the TV dude no more. You get Daniel the dude from Lafayette’

Daniel Cormier has hit at out incoming UFC 307 feature, Joaquin Buckley ahead of his fight with Stephen Thompson this weekend, with the Lafayette native taking umbrage with the St. Louis native’s comments regarding Conor McGregor’s mother.

Buckley, the current number eleven ranked welterweight contender, returns this weekend at UFC 307 in Salt Lake City, taking on former two-time title challenger, striking veteran, Thompson.

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Daniel Cormier lashes out at Joaquin Buckley over H*e comments: 'You don't get Daniel the TV dude no more. You get Daniel the dude from Lafayette' 2

Most recently extending his winning run to four straight fights earlier this year on home soil in his native Missouri, Buckley turned in a hard-fought decision win over Nursulton Ruziboev, adding to prior victories over Vicente Luque, Alex Morono, and Andre Fialho.