Daniel Cormier engaged in plenty of trash talk during his legendary MMA career.

Most famously, the UFC Hall of Famer went back and forth with Jon Jones for years.

In 2026, the bitter rivals are still arguing with each other on the set of a reality TV show.

However, Daniel Cormier says someone he never even fought hit him with the best trash talk.

Daniel Cormier recalls Conor McGregor’s jibe

Daniel Cormier was recently asked to recall the funniest piece of trash talk he endured.

The former dual-weight UFC champion went on to reveal Conor McGregor got him good in 2014.

“There was a few, but some of them hurt,” Cormier told Paramount.

“You know what one was bad? Conor McGregor. Conor McGregor was fighting Dustin Poirier, and Dustin Poirier and I are both from Lafayette, Louisiana. And he called Dustin a hillbilly. He’s Irish, man. So, he don’t know how disrespectful he is, or maybe he does.

“I said, ‘If Dustin’s a hillbilly and I am from the same place as him, what does that make me?’ He said, ‘You’re ghetto hillbilly.’”

“I wanted to slap him, but he’s small, and I can’t get to 145lbs. I’m a heavyweight.

“I wanted to slap him, man. That was the one, cause I am from the ghetto, too. I was like, Oh my god, how does he know? It doesn’t matter how many nice things I’m wearing, how does he know?”

Conor McGregor’s comeback

Conor McGregor hasn’t fought since breaking his leg during a trilogy fight with Dustin Poirier at UFC 264 in July 2021.

The 37-year-old is hoping to make his long-awaited comeback at the UFC White House event in June.

First things first, McGregor and the UFC need to come to terms on a new deal because his current contract was essentially ‘voided’ when MMA’s premier promotion signed a $7.7 billion broadcast deal with Paramount that essentially ended pay-per-view.

“I’m warming up now for the White House fight,” McGregor said last month.

“I’m gonna be at it, for sure. It’s gonna be insane, the White House card is gonna be.

“I’m going into negotiations with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in February. I’m very interested to go. They’ve actually got a new deal with Paramount, it’s worth $7.7 billion. So the company has 4xed its profit.

“My contract, essentially, is void right now because there’s no more PPV, whereas my contract was based on PPV sales,” he continued. “I’m the highest-generating PPV fighter of all time. The PPV system is done. I’m due a new contract.

“So, we’re going into negotiations in February, and I’m very interested to see how it goes.”