Tag: Daniel Cormier vs. Jon Jones II

UFC 200 Main Event Poster Leaked On Twitter

There’s been almost a non stop stream of updates regarding the UFC 200 milestone PPV card on July 9, and most of them have stemmed from the featherweight champion Conor McGregor. His short lived retirement cast the massive pay-per-view card in to turmoil last week, and his scheduled opponent Nate Diaz declared he’d be ‘going

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There’s been almost a non stop stream of updates regarding the UFC 200 milestone PPV card on July 9, and most of them have stemmed from the featherweight champion Conor McGregor. His short lived retirement cast the massive pay-per-view card in to turmoil last week, and his scheduled opponent Nate Diaz declared he’d be ‘going on vacation.’

Rumours were flying in from all angles, but most people believed the promotion was resorting to WWE-type tactics to further promote this rematch.

McGregorDiazPre-FightFace

It appears after weeks of speculation the UFC 200 main event has finally been made. On the set of ‘Good Morning America’ Wednesday morning, USA Today’s Chamatkar Sandhu tweeted the following picture:

Jones is coming fresh off of a unanimous decision victory over top light heavyweight Ovince St-Preux at UFC 197 this past Saturday. Cormier was sitting cage-side calling the action as his rival made his long awaited return to the octagon after over a year-long layoff form the sport.

Cormier vs Jones

Originally the July card was set to be headlined with a rematch between UFC featherweight champion Conor McGregor, against the man to hand him his first UFC career loss, Nate Diaz. McGregor, however, was reluctant to make some of the necessary travels required for his media obligations, and was thus removed from the summer card.

The Irishman would go on a social media tirade that would set the MMA world on fire, creating great skepticism as to if McGregor would in fact fight at UFC 200. UFC President Dana White has apparently stuck to his guns however, and has kept the Irishman off the card in favor of Cormier vs Jones.

So I guess we can call the beef between the UFC and Conor McGregor legitimate now?

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Jon Jones Proclaims He’ll Fight Anyone At UFC 197

Unfortunate news broke yesterday (April 1, 2016) when it was announced that reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had suffered an injury that would force him out of his scheduled rematch with archrival Jon Jones at April 23’s UFC 197. After a bad blood infused lead up, the two first met at January 2015’s

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Unfortunate news broke yesterday (April 1, 2016) when it was announced that reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier had suffered an injury that would force him out of his scheduled rematch with archrival Jon Jones at April 23’s UFC 197.

After a bad blood infused lead up, the two first met at January 2015’s UFC 182, with Jones successfully defending his title in a clear cut unanimous decision win.

However, “Bones” then ran into some legal issues last April, forcing the UFC to strip him of his long held strap in which Cormier would win with a submission victory over Anthony “Rumble” Johnson at UFC 187.

Jones has since been reinstated, and was gearing up to fight for the belt he had never technically lost against his most bitter rival.

With that being said, one would think that the ex-champ would take this opportunity to jab at Cormier when he’s down, but Jones actually took to twitter to wish “DC” a speedy recovery:

As far as UFC 197 goes, the UFC has yet to comment on whether or not Jones will remain on the card, and who could possibly replace Cormier.

“Bones”, however, who has been criticized in the past for declining short notice fights, took to his Instagram to make it clear that he’s willing to accept any and all challenges:

I figured this would put a few smiles on some faces today @UFC

A video posted by Jon Bones Jones (@jonnybones) on

Would you like to see Jones stay on the card, and if so, who should he face?

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Gustafsson To Jones: I Want The Title You Owe Me

Former long-time UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones will attempt to regain the title he had stripped from him when he meets champion Daniel “DC” Cormier in a rematch at April 23 2016’s UFC 197. While the two men have a bitter rivalry amongst themselves to say the least, “Bones” isn’t all that interested

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Former long-time UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones will attempt to regain the title he had stripped from him when he meets champion Daniel “DC” Cormier in a rematch at April 23 2016’s UFC 197.

While the two men have a bitter rivalry amongst themselves to say the least, “Bones” isn’t all that interested in beating Cormier for a second time other than for the sake of getting his belt back.

The former champion actually recently stated that a rematch with Alexander Gustafsson, who pushed Jones to his limits back in 2013, actually means more to him than his upcoming showdown with “DC”.

To this day, many still believe that “The Mauler” got the better of Jones back at UFC 165, including the Swedish star himself.

Catching wind of Jones’ recent comments, Gustafsson took to his official Facebook page to respond, telling “Bones” to focus on his fight with Cormier, but also noting that he wants the belt that he feels he’s owed:

Jon, just focus on your fight with DC, I’m here, waiting for you. You want to get rid of the doubts you say? I say I just want that belt that that you owe me from our last fight!

Posted by Alexander Gustafsson on Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Gustafsson is coming off of a loss to Cormier last October, but his exciting style has kept him in title talks for the last couple of years.

If Jones indeed gets by Cormier next month, it’s likely that he’ll finally meet top contender Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, but would you like to see the pound-for-pound king go round two with Gustafsson in the near future?

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Daniel Cormier Fires Back, Once Again Blasts Jon Jones’ History With Drugs

Former UFC light heavyweight champion and current pound-for-pound king Jon Jones took a shot at his upcoming opponent, reigning champion Daniel Cormier, with a hilarious Instagram picture yesterday (March 1, 2016), pitting “DC” as fictional character Carl Winslow. The back and forth jabs have continued, as Cormier has fired back with an Instagram post of

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Former UFC light heavyweight champion and current pound-for-pound king Jon Jones took a shot at his upcoming opponent, reigning champion Daniel Cormier, with a hilarious Instagram picture yesterday (March 1, 2016), pitting “DC” as fictional character Carl Winslow.

The back and forth jabs have continued, as Cormier has fired back with an Instagram post of his own today (March 2, 2016).

Using the same UFC 197 fight poster, the champion once against blasted Jones’ troubled history with banned substances.

Check out the photo below:

Jon Jones Meme

Oddly enough, “DC” has since deleted the post.

Since suffering the first professional loss of his career to Jones at January 2015’s UFC 182, Cormier has picked up back to back victories over Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafssson, fights in which he successfully won and then defended the title.

“Bones”, on the other hand, hasn’t competed since. He was actually scheduled to fight “Rumble”, but he was forced out of the bout, stripped of his title, and suspended after being arrested on felony hit-and-run charges in New Mexico last April.

The former champion has since avoided jail time and been reinstated by the UFC. He has also seemingly found a new sense of motivation and focus, and he will attempt to regain his title when he faces off with Cormier for a second time on April 23, 2016.

How do you see the rematch playing out?

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Jon Jones Mocks ‘Carl Winslow’ Cormier

The back and forth social media jabs have continued between reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel “DC” Cormier and former divisional ring leader Jon “Bones” Jones. This time, it was Jones who took to his official Instagram account to mock Cormier, replacing the champion with fictional character Carl Winslow in the UFC 197 fight poster.

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The back and forth social media jabs have continued between reigning UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel “DC” Cormier and former divisional ring leader Jon “Bones” Jones.

This time, it was Jones who took to his official Instagram account to mock Cormier, replacing the champion with fictional character Carl Winslow in the UFC 197 fight poster.

Check out the hilarious photo below:

Despite the banter, “Bones” doesn’t believe any true animosity lies between he and Cormier leading up to their highly anticipated rematch on April 23, 2016. Possessing one of the deepest rivalries in the history of the sport, however, that remains subject to change:

“Right now there isn’t any (animosity), but I’m sure when I see him, things will ramp up a bit,” Jones recently told MMAjunkie. “I haven’t really thought about it at all. I’ve been in the UFC for so many years now, so it can’t be anything too different than what I’ve experienced. I’m excited to just take it as it comes.”

The circumstances surrounding the rematch are a bit unusual in the way that although Jones isn’t the current champion, he did indeed beat “DC” quite convincingly when they first met back in January 2015.

Too Jones, this bout simply marks the chance to regain the title he had stripped from him after being arrested on felony hit and run charges last April.

In fact, a rematch with Swedish star Alexander Gustafsson, who had “Bones” on the brink of defeat back in 2013, holds more weight to the ex-champion:

“I have those feelings a little more with Gustafsson than I do with Daniel,” Jones said. “I already beat (Cormier) by unanimous decision, so I don’t really have this feeling where I have to put him away or get rid of him once and for all. I just need to fight him because he has the belt right now. That’s really what this is all about for me. I feel that way more about Gustafsson. I really need to fight him again just to get rid of all doubt.”

Do you see Jones getting passed Cormier and once again locking horns with “The Mauler”?

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Jon Jones Mocks Cormier: I Failed For Coke & Still Beat You!

After settling a plethora of legal issues that forced the UFC to strip him of his long-held title, former light heavyweight kingpin Jon “Bones” Jones is now gearing up to make his highly anticipated return against bitter rival and reigning champion Daniel Cormier at April 23’s UFC 197. The two men originally met at January

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After settling a plethora of legal issues that forced the UFC to strip him of his long-held title, former light heavyweight kingpin Jon “Bones” Jones is now gearing up to make his highly anticipated return against bitter rival and reigning champion Daniel Cormier at April 23’s UFC 197.

The two men originally met at January 2015’s UFC 182 with Jones then the champion. After an illustrious build up that featured relentless trash talk and clear bad blood, “Bones” walked away with a convincing decision victory.

Heading into the rematch, the rivalry between the two has not died down one bit.

Going back and forth on social media recently, Cormier published a meme last night (February 25, 2016), taking a shot at Jones’ troubled past with banned substances, specifically the fact that “Bones” failed an out of competition drug test for cocaine metabolites surrounding UFC 182.

Check out “DC’s” jab below:

While the champion seemed to have initiated the action, Jones may have got the final laugh, taking to his twitter to make it clear that he had taken out Cormier even after failing a drug test.

Jones has since deleted the tweet, but check out the picture below:

Jones tweet

Do you expect a different outcome when the two men meet for a second time?

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