Daniel Cormier och Jon Jones var planerade att mötas under UFC 200, men då Jones testade positivt blev han bortplockad från matchkortet. UFCs VD Dana White meddelade efter händelsen att han inte vill boka in Jones som huvudmatch tills dess att han börjar sköta sig kontinuerligt, något som kan bli ett problem enligt titelhållaren Cormier.
Detta hade Daniel att säga om det hela via ”MMAFighting”:
Sure, whatever, I’d like to fight Jon Jones. That’s what I’ve been trying to do since 2015. It’s been years, that’s all I’ve been wanting to do is get another opportunity to fight him. So yeah, sure, if you want to give him a title shot, go ahead. That’s fine. I think that, as long as that man has his affairs in order, he’ll be good to go.
I’m not going to fight Jones just on some card. It would have to be a certain type of card if we were going to take a co-main event type of role. But therein lies another issue. I’ll put it out there: Jon and I will not fight in the co-main event to anyone but Conor McGregor. Right? That’s the only way that makes sense, right? So there’s the problem. Now you have a whole bunch of guys who make a whole bunch of money on one fight card. So it’s like, what’re you going to do?
Härnäst kommer dock Cormier att ta sig an ingen mindre än Anthony ”Rumble” Johnson, då de möts under UFC 210 den 8 april.
