“DC Has Lost It”: Fans Up in Arms Against Daniel Cormier as He Takes a Random Jibe at NBA Star Russell Westbrook During UFC 288 Co-Main Event

NBA star Russell Westbrook got an unpleasant surprise last evening during the UFC 288 pay-per-view. During the co-main event, Daniel Cormier‘s keys to victory for Gilbert Burns were displayed in a graphic on the bottom left of the screen. One of those keys to victory included a random diss to the LA Clippers player. Fans have reacted to the incident on social media.

Gilbert Burns and Belal Muhammad fought each other in the co-main event after they accepted to fight each other on short notice. While Muhammad emerged victorious, it wasn’t the most interesting part of the bout.

UFC broadcast randomly takes a jibe at Russell Westbrook

As UFC 288 approached the co-main event, Gilbert Burns made his way to the octagon. Before he got into the cage, ‘Durinho’ was getting Vaseline applied on his face by the cut man when a graphic showed some tips from Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier for the Brazilian to carve out a victory against Belal Muhammad.

The first two tips were pretty standard suggestions that any fight fan would understand. But the third tip was an unusual one. It wrote: “Don’t be Russell Westbrook.” Burns’ efforts to become a UFC champion were compared to Westbrook’s NBA career, during which he failed to win a championship ring. In 2011-12, Westbrook led the Thunder to the NBA Finals, but Oklahoma City lost to the Heat in five games. Since then, he never played in the Finals again.

Fans react to the Burns-Westbrook comparison by Daniel Cormier

There were a lot of fans who gave DC a hard time on social media. Let us take a look at some of those reactions.

One fan couldn’t believe that Cormier dissed Russell Westbrook and that it was broadcasted on live TV.

Another fan believed that DC might be calling out people to fight now.

Meanwhile, a couple of other fans had some harsh words for the Hall of Famer.

Some people believe that Daniel Cormier could still be angry and upset with the LA Clippers star after all these years.

There were a lot of fans who found Cormier talking about Westbrook to be a weird thing to witness.

One Twitter user suggested that Cormier should think and reconsider before taking someone’s name.

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The result of the fight didn’t go as planned for Burns as he lost to Belal Muhammad via a unanimous decision. Fans were certainly not happy with what Cormier had to say. They are hoping that the UFC doesn’t slip up like this again in the future.

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