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Daniel Cormier Sheds Light On Jon Jones’ USADA Issues

UFC Light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is hoping to face former champion and former pound-for-pound king Jon Jones at UFC 214 this summer. “Bones” is currently serving out a USADA suspension that will end in July. The two first met at UFC 182 in Jan. 2015 where Jones took home a unanimous decision victory. He

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The two first met at UFC 182 in Jan. 2015 where Jones took home a unanimous decision victory. He then, however, tested positive for cocaine metabolites in the aftermath of the bout. They were then set to rematch at UFC 200 last July, but Jones was forced to withdraw just days prior after being flagged by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) for an anti-doping violation.

Cormier recently blasted the ex-champions for his issues with USADA:

“Last time — I’m a truth teller — the first fight when me and Jon fought there were stories about him hiding from USADA or some [expletive] like that. Then when he finally did get his test, he tested positive for cocaine and his body levels were all just completely out of whack as if he had just finished doing some illegal stuff,” Cormier explained when speaking to FOX Sports.

“Then after he got himself into that trouble, he came back and he fought Ovince Saint-Preux. He was big and he was strong and he looked fantastic and it was his first fight under USADA and he fought like [expletive]. So then at UFC 200, he probably said ‘I can’t really do this the way I want to do it without my help.’ So he said ‘I’m just going to try it again’ and he tested positive again.”

In fact, Cormier even went as far to imply that Jones has been using steroids:

“He may want to try to learn how to do this the correct way before he fights me. I hate saying a guy used steroids, but all signs point to him doing something wrong,” Cormier said. “Let’s be honest. From the test levels from before the first time we fought and then his test results didn’t become available until after the fight. So there’s smoke there obviously.”

What do you make of Cormier’s latest comments?

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Vitor Belfort’s Retirement Fight Reportedly Set For UFC 212

UFC legend Vitor Belfort reportedly has his final fight in the octagon ready to go. After an initial report from Combate, MMA Fighting has confirmed the UFC is targeting ‘The Phenom’ versus Nate Marquardt for June 3’s UFC 212 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in what will be Belfort’s last trip to the cage. Belfort

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UFC legend Vitor Belfort reportedly has his final fight in the octagon ready to go.

After an initial report from Combate, MMA Fighting has confirmed the UFC is targeting ‘The Phenom’ versus Nate Marquardt for June 3’s UFC 212 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in what will be Belfort’s last trip to the cage.

Belfort is one of the fight game’s most transcendent stars as the only to have bridged the gap from the UFC’s “Dark Ages” to today’s evolved brand of mixed martial arts. The Brazilian knockout artist will go down as one of the most game competitors to compete in the octagon as well, having won a UFC Heavyweight Tournament title and the UFC light heavyweight title. He’s obviously seen better days in his decorated career, however, losing four of his last five bouts with all four losses coming by way of TKO.

Also a veteran of Pride and other MMA promotions, Belfort fought a who’s-who of legendary MMA talent and has only lost to the best in a 25-14 career that featured 18 knockout wins. A true testament to his warrior spirit, he’s fallen only to Anderson Silva, Jon Jones, Randy Couture, Tito Ortiz, Chuck Liddell, Dan Henderson, Kazushi Sakuraba, Alistair Overeem, Jacare Souza, Gegard Mousasi, Chris Weidman, and most recently Kelvin Gastelum.

After losing to the rising TUF 17 winner this March, Belfort revealed his next fight would be his last after admitting his body could no longer compete with the best fighters in the world after so many years and wars.

That’s a long list of unforgettable UFC stars a fighter would be hard-pressed to even face half of throughout a career. Belfort also owns wins over Couture, Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, Rich Franklin, Luke Rockhold, two over Henderson, Heath Herring, and of course, UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping.

It’s that unreal record which “The Phenom” should be most remembered for, but unfortunately two drug test failures (one in Pride and one out of competition in the UFC) cast a severe cloud over his legacy, the second of which ended his highly controversial run as the poster boy for testosterone-replacement therapy (TRT) when he knocked out Bisping, Rockhold, and Henderson with huge head kicks in the span of roughly 10 months in 2013.

True, he’ll always be equated with performance-enhancing drugs, yet his impact on the growing sport of MMA – throughout its frowned-upon early years and the public popularity of today – cannot be denied.

He’ll look to end his illustrious run on a high note against Marquardt, another middleweight who’s fought a long list of legends, in his native Rio de Janeiro on the Jose Aldo/Max Holloway-headlined event. He was rumored to potentially face former rival Anderson Silva, but “The Spider” shot down the fight by citing he wanted an opponent who won his last fight after Kelvin Gastelum was forced out of the bout for failing an out-of-competition USADA drug test for marijuana metabolites.

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Saad Awad Admits Bellator 178 Bout Against Ryan Quinn Was Tough

Saad Awad pulled off his 20th professional mixed martial arts (MMA) win, but it wasn’t easy. Awad entered the cage at Bellator 178 in hopes of snapping a two-fight skid. To do that, he had to get past Ryan Quinn. Awad earned the unanimous decision nod after a competitive match-up. This is the “Assassin’s” first […]

Dustin Poirier on Eddie Alvarez Fight: ‘I’m Doing Everything I Can do to Prepare’

Dustin Poirier has a chance to shoot up the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) lightweight rankings and he’s doing all he can to capitalize on the opportunity. “The Diamond” is no stranger to professional mixed martial arts (MMA) competition. He has 26 professional MMA bouts and has a record of 21-5. Of those 21 wins, Poirier […]

Demetrious Johnson On UFC’s Poor Promotion: Nobody Knew I Was Fighting

Demetrious Johnson wasn’t pleased with the promotion for his fight against Wilson Reis to say the least. Johnson’s record tying 10th consecutive title defense against Reis on UFC on FOX 24 this past weekend (Sat. April 15, 2017) did the lowest overnight numbers in the show’s history, with 1.74 million viewers. ‘Mighty Mouse’ (a self-proclaimed white

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Demetrious Johnson wasn’t pleased with the promotion for his fight against Wilson Reis to say the least.

Johnson’s record tying 10th consecutive title defense against Reis on UFC on FOX 24 this past weekend (Sat. April 15, 2017) did the lowest overnight numbers in the show’s history, with 1.74 million viewers. ‘Mighty Mouse’ (a self-proclaimed white belt) submitted Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Wilson Reis in the third round via armbar.

During an appearance on today’s (Mon. April 17, 2017) episode of The MMA Hour, Johnson addressed the numbers and stated that it doesn’t affect him in the least. You either like what he brings to the Octagon, or you don’t (quotes via MMA Fighting):

“If you don’t like what I did Saturday night, if you don’t like a white belt who never did one jiu-jitsu tournament submitting a black belt, that’s your bag. I’m done defending myself,” Johnson said.

Johnson likes to keep busy on Twitch playing video games during his free time to interact with his fans. In the lead-up to his fight with Reis, Johnson decided to ask his followers how many of them had seen any commercials or promotion for the bout – and the numbers weren’t good:

“I went on Twitch and said, ‘I want to ask anyone in the world, have any of you guys seen a commercial for my fight?’” Johnson said. “And everyone was like, ‘no, no no.’ One guy said, ‘I saw one on UFC.com YouTube channel.’ I’m like ‘okay, I haven’t seen one either.’”

“The first time I saw a commercial for my fight was UFC 210,” Johnson said. “The last one, the first time I saw a commercial was one week before my fight. No one here around [his hometown] knew I was fighting, just because they didn’t see a commercial.”

In response Johnson isn’t going to put much energy into worrying about the UFC’s promotion of his fights, much like the promotion doesn’t put much energy into promoting his bouts:

“You have to take into account, how much advertising did they do?” Johnson said. “I put that in the back of my mind and then don’t worry about it and go out there and put it out of my mind.”

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Saulo Cavalari Plans on Making MMA Debut by Late 2017

Saulo Cavalari is set to make a transition to mixed martial arts (MMA) soon. The former GLORY light heavyweight champion has a staggering kickboxing record of 60-5. His last outing was against Brian Douwes back in Oct. 2016 inside the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado, USA for GLORY 34. Cavalari won the bout by unanimous decision. Speaking […]