This just in, UFC 182 headliners Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier do not like one another at all, no sirree. Don’t believe it? Well, UFC President Dana White has a bit of photographic evidence for you, which you can check out here (be warned, the language is NSFW). The video was shot at the UFC 182 fighters’ meeting, a gathering that takes place after the weigh-ins for each event.
While much of the shouting is inaudible, Jones can be heard yelling “why did you hide your best? Why don’t you hydrate, bro? Hydrate and check him out.” Cormier shouts back, “why don’t you shut the [expletive] up, [expletive]!” With Jones retorting, “eat some food bro, you sound delusional…your mind is not right.”
How did the argument come about? How did it conclude? That wasn’t captured, but it is par for the proverbial course when it comes to this event. Jones and Cormier have made their gripes with one another known on multiple occasions this week, and not a media function nor gathering related to UFC 182 has passed without some manner of incident between the two light heavyweights.
The fighters were involved in an infamous brawl in August to promote their at-the-time-UFC 178 bout, which earned them hefty fines from the Nevada Athletic Commission. While things died down when the tilt was delayed due to an injury suffered by Jones, the two had words after a particularly heated staredown. Not long after, both men and their entourages had an angry exchange backstage which was captured by former UFC fighter Tyson Griffin and posted to Instagram (which you can see here and here, and once again, NSFW language). Immediately before the fighters’ meeting, the two had an odd, but disappointingly uneventful, staredown at the weigh-ins.
JONES vs CORMIER!!! pic.twitter.com/dO5adMXYEE
— Dana White (@danawhite) January 3, 2015
The two will finally get the chance to settle their differences Saturday night at UFC 182. Keep an eye on Bleacher Report for our coverage of the event.
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