Daniel Cormier will call Jon Jones’ heavyweight title fight

All of us questioned if it would occur. May we probably hear former foe, Daniel Cormier name a Jon Jones combat? Sure, sure we are going to.

In accordance with MMA Junkie, Cormier, Jon Anik and Joe Rogan will likely be cage aspect to name the fights on Saturday for UFC 285.

Jones himself spoke of the potential second and even gave Cormier his blessing.

“DC you’re greater than welcome to commentate at my combat, I feel you’re actually good at what you do. I belief that you’d be non-biased. All the perfect brother,” Jones tweeted. He later tweeted saying, “Whoever needs to do it, completely cool with me,” Jones replied. “I really feel like I’m in an entire new chapter of my life, let bygones be bygones.”

Cormier, having caught wind of Jones’ remarks additionally addressed the likelihood.

“You guys know the way I really feel about Jones and the way we now have felt about one another prior to now,” Cormier mentioned on his YouTube channel. “But it surely leads me to this query: How do I take this? This specific tweet, which at occasions appears like a praise, but in addition might be interpreted as a little bit of a dig – contemplating at occasions, folks name me biased in my commentary and all this different stuff. … First, only for the report, I don’t actually need permission to name somebody’s combat.”

He went on to go with Jones.

“I’ll be trustworthy with you, it’s type of good listening to a fighter acknowledge, that even with our historical past, he believes that I can do him justice and do the job pretty – as a result of I’ve finished it earlier than,” Cormier mentioned. “… It appears now that Jones is maturing. He appears to be taking a a lot completely different strategy to the construct to the combat and the way he’s approaching all the things. But it surely feels good for him to acknowledge, ‘I feel this man may do me justice.’”

Cormier and Jones fought twice, Jones received each however one win was overturned to a no-contest on account of a failed drug take a look at. Jones will likely be returning to the Octagon for the primary time after a prolonged layoff to combat for the heavyweight title in his divisional debut.