Daniel Cormier body-slams Houston Rockets mascot
Former UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is in Houston, Texas for UFC 271 this weekend.
While the future UFC Hall of Famer will not be competing inside the octagon, Cormier still managed to get into a fight…. of sorts.
While attending the Houston Rockets basketball game on Thursday, the team’s Mascot “Clutch” picked a fight with D.C.
With Cormier’s walkout song (Lil Wayne’s – Right Above It) playing over the loud speaker, Cormier threw a shot to Clutch, then picked him up and bodyslammed him down to the arena floor.
Check it out.
It was over for Clutch when @dc_mma heard his walkout song 😆
(via @HoustonRockets) pic.twitter.com/tp3Ibs7dxQ
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) February 11, 2022
The Houston Rockets would go on to lose the game against the Toronto Raptors 139-120.
UFC 271 fight card:
Main Card (10 p.m. ET on ESPN+ pay-per-view)
Israel Adesanya vs. Robert Whittaker
Derrick Lewis vs. Tai Tuivasa
Derek Brunson vs. Jared Cannonier
Kyler Phillips vs. Marcelo Rojo
Nasrat Haqparast vs. Bobby Green
Preliminary Card (8 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN+)
Andrei Arlovski vs. Jared Vanderaa
Roxanne Modafferivs. Casey O’Neill
William Knight vs. Maxim Grishin
Early Prelims (6 p.m. ET on ESPN+/UFC Fight Pass)
Mana Martinez vs. Ronnie Lawrence
Alexander Hernandez vs. Renato Moicano
Carlos Ulberg vs. Fabio Cherant
AJ Dobson vs. Jacob Malkoun
Douglas Silva de Andrade vs. Sergey Morozov
Jeremiah Wells vs. Mike Mathetha
Order and watch below:
