Off the back of their cordial chat ahead of his UFC 309 return last month, Jon Jones has stoked the flames on his rivalry with former two-weight champion, Daniel Cormier once more — hanging a picture of the Hall of Famer crying following their 2017 title rematch.
Jones, a former two-time light heavyweight champion, and a current heavyweight gold holder, most recently featured at UFC 309 last month at Madison Square Garden, taking out common-foe, Stipe Miocic in a dominant eventual third round spinning back-kick knockout win.
As for Cormer, the former two-weight champion to boot called time on his professional mixed martial arts career back in 2020, dropping a unanimous decision loss to the above-mentioned, Miocic in the pair’s trilogy rubber match at the Apex facility.
Twice sqauring off in the Octagon, Jones would first defend his light heavyweight championship in a unanimous decision win over Lafayette native, Cormier — before the duo shared the arena two years later in a title rematch, with Jon Jones challenging that time around.
Initially turning in a blistering high-kick knockout win over Hall of Fame inductee, Cormier, Jones saw his impressive knockout win overturned to an official ‘No Contest‘ — after testing positive for turinabol metabolites.
Jon Jones mocks Daniel Cormier with ‘crybaby’ meme photo in new house
And on social media this week, Jon Jones revealed he had purchased a new house since his win over Miocic — and has hung a portrait of Cormier crying during his post-fight interview in the immediate aftermath of his ‘No Contest’ with him years ago.
Jon Jones has hung up a new piece of art in his home of Daniel Cormier crying
“La Cry De La Pus” pic.twitter.com/f3Pj0X4hJa
— ACD MMA (@acdmma_) December 12, 2024
Expected to fight potentially next summer during International Fight Week, Jones has been linked with a title unification pairing with current interim heavyweight champion, Tom Aspinall in a highly-anticipated pairing between the two divisional superstars.