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Jon Jones openly admitted he won’t move to heavyweight to fight Daniel Cormier because he doesn’t think it is worth the risk. He still considers himself a natural light heavyweight, and a Daniel Cormier who doesn’t cut weight clearly hits harder and, in Jones’ mind, would have a strength advantage.
However, Jones also doesn’t think his greatest rival is ever coming back down to light heavyweight either, despite what Cormier says. Via MMAJunkie.com:
He’s definitely never coming back to light heavyweight,” Jones said. “He says it, but there’s no way he’s coming back to light heavyweight. To commit your life to lose that type of weight and to come up short again would be so devastating. It would take an incredible amount of courage to attempt it, and to come up short would just be so devastating. I doubt he’d put himself through that for a third time.
Jones is right on all counts. There is no reason to make a third fight between the two at light heavyweight. We’ve seen the outcome twice now, and without the additional KO power being at heavyweight affords DC, there is little reason to think it would go differently on another attempt. Cormier has in many ways been able to put the rivalry behind him by knocking out Stipe Miocic to win the UFC heavyweight belt, which he will defend in a rematch with Stipe at UFC 241 in August. Cormier has nothing to gain by making that brutal cut again, and Jones evidently won’t accept the risk of fighting him at heavyweight.
It won’t be, given the nature of fighting and fight talk, but that should be the last we hear about this.
Insomnia
Neil Magny admitted that the reason he withdrew from his fight with Vincente Luque was a drug test failure.
Lando Vannata would give GSP a run for his acrobatic money.
Chris Weidman is pretty accurate with his SIG, but he doesn’t want that Tim Kennedy smoke.
This got ugly quick
Here is professional wrestler Jacob Ryan being assaulted in the ring by former “”Zan Panzer” Brad Anderson yesterday at RWA.
Ryan had no idea it was coming, and Anderson is MUCH bigger and was in there to hurt him.
This is not wrestling. This was assault on an unprepared victim. pic.twitter.com/pROnPzdSpm— Total Engagement with Matt Koon (@MattKoonTE) May 13, 2019
Why would you treat a demonstration partner like this?
You know when you just want to see someone succeed so badly?
Squad goals. pic.twitter.com/78h8wr7pFg
— BJ Thompson (@bj116) May 14, 2019
Slips, Rips, KO Clips
There is so much skilled, consensual violence happening in the world every week.
When an investment pays off
Sumo counts as a combat sport
Day3 Mongol battle. #sekiwake Ichinojo (L) vs #Tamawashi These two have are perfectly even at six wins each vs one another. #Sumo #natsubasho pic.twitter.com/XEFaWeqMBS
— SumoSoul (@TheSumoSoul) May 14, 2019
Sumo is such a unique sport
Day3 #juryo – good bout but mostly I just like these two. Mongol #Arawashi (L) (less easy to confuse with Chiyoshoma now that he is down in juryo) vs #Hidenoumi’s lil bro, #Tobizaru (flying monkey!) #sumo #natsubasho pic.twitter.com/K63WelPl6q
— SumoSoul (@TheSumoSoul) May 14, 2019
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