Former two-weight UFC champion, Daniel Cormier has as soon as once more defended his response to lately minted heavyweight titleholder, Jon Jones’ title victory at UFC 285 final month, claiming their is “good” in his arch-rival, detailing how Jones had despatched him a personal message following the passing of his father regardless of their rift.
Cormier, a former undisputed heavyweight and light-weight heavyweight champion beneath the banner of the UFC, twice competed in opposition to former two-time mild heavyweight kingpin, Jones throughout his run with the UFC.
Of their first pairing at UFC 182, Daniel Cormier dropped a unanimous determination loss in opposition to Jones, unsuccessfully prying the sunshine heayvweight crown from the Endicott native.
In July 2017, Cormier rematched Jones in a title unification struggle, and regardless of dropping a excessive kick KO loss to the then-interim titleholder initially, the bout was overturned to an official ‘No Contest’ after Jones examined constructive for a turinabol metabolite.
Daniel Cormier defends his response to Jon Jones’ UFC 285 title win
Defending his reaction to Jones’ title victory over Ciryl Gane last month atop a UFC 285 card, Cormier claimed the previous nonetheless was not previous their rivalry.
“Did you see what occurred after the struggle?” Daniel Cormier told Henry Cejudo. “I wasn’t mad thought. When he (Jon Jones) was ending Ciryl (Gane), his again was to me and my response was the identical response as (Joe) Rogan, however due to our historical past it’s like, Oh, DC is mad.’ Then he says, ‘Dude couldn’t even drive a smile.’ That tells you he’s not fairly prepared [to leave it behind]. So, we don’t must drive him. He’s prepared, however he’s not fairly prepared but.”
“We talked about one another’s familities [during our rivalry],” Daniel Cormier defined. “However within the darkest moments, when his mom handed, when my father handed, he despatched me a message. He actually did. And even in that second, I respect that. For all that we’ve been by, I appreciated him sending me that message as I despatched a message for his mom as a result of we perceive what household is.”
“There’s good in that dude,” Daniel Cormeir mentioned. “You simply gotta have the ability to get to it. No person is with out fault. Everyone is tousled. I’ve. So, for us to forged stones at him – that’s why in these darkish moments I used to be by no means making an attempt to pile onto him. I hope he will get higher, I hope this works out for him. I by no means tried to kick him whereas he was down. In struggle promotion, what you say is what you say. Particularly once you a historical past like him and I had.” (Transcribed by MMA Fighting)
