Daniel Cormier doesn’t agree with Jon Jones often, but one topic they see eye-to-eye on is the dubious loss on Jones’ record.
On Jones’ 29-fight résumé, there are two glaring blemishes: A 2009 loss to Matt Hamill that occurred when Jones was disqualified for the use of prohibited 12-to-6 elbows, and his 2017 knockout of Cormier that was later overturned to a no-contest when Jones tested positive for a banned substance.
Though nothing can be done about the latter result, Cormier is an advocate for Jones’ lone loss to be removed, especially with the recently revised rules (including the legalization of 12-to-6 elbows) that were introduced at UFC Edmonton this past Saturday.
“Jon Jones should be undefeated,” Cormier said at a Q&A this past Friday in Edmonton. “He really should be. A 12-6 elbow is crazy, but you know, we only can fight under the rules that they give us and, unfortunately, there was a moron referee that said he should be disqualified. But he’s undefeated.”
Cormier and Jones have a storied rivalry, with the two trading plenty of shots in and out of the octagon. Though their second meeting is officially a no-contest, Jones still holds a win over Cormier, having won a unanimous decision over “DC” in their first fight at UFC 182.
The build-up to their fights saw Cormier and Jones frequently insult each other and at one point even engage in a public brawl. In the years since their last fight, a grudging respect has developed between the two, and Cormier is fine with where their relationship stands.
“We aren’t great and I don’t think that we ever have to [be],” Cormier said. “I think people need to stop longing for the perfect happy ending. Guys don’t have to do what Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield did. It can be OK to just be OK with us being as we are and I’m fine with it, so you guys should be, too.”
Jones, the current UFC heavyweight champion, is set to defend his title against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on Nov. 16 in New York. The bout is being billed as a battle of two of the greatest fighters of all time and potentially the final fight for both, though neither has made any firm commitment to a fight night retirement.
Cormier, for one, will miss seeing Jones compete.
“He’s beat a lot of guys,” Cormier said. “The amount of champions that Jon Jones has beaten over the course of his career is very impressive. The guy has been champion for a long time, he’s done a great job, and it will suck whenever he’s gone because the game is better when you have fighters like that in it. Unfortunately, there’s been a lot of times where he hasn’t been in it because of the things that he’s done.”
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Sporting have won 14 of their past 15 games, only losing in the Portuguese Super Cup this season.
Both City and Sporting are on seven points from three Champions League games so far.
In 2022 City beat Sporting 5-0 on aggregate in the last 16 of the competition.
“I feel like I’m a better coach [now],” said Amorim. “Unfortunately what I feel is that Pep Guardiola has also become an even better coach, so the gap remains.
“[City have] the best team in the world and the best coach in the world.”
City’s Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva was a team-mate of Amorim’s at Benfica in 2013-14.
“He always showed he could read the game because he played different positions – as a defender, on the left, as a midfield player,” Silva said on Monday.
“When he arrived Sporting hadn’t been champions for 20 years. He changed the playing paradigm of Sporting. They are the best team in Portugal by far.
“He will be a rival but I am glad someone else from Portugal is in the best league in the world.
“When Ruben becomes coach of Man United, we will worry about that then. Right now we want three points to get to the top eight.”
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Alexandr Romanov’s UFC future is up in the air despite coming off of a win in his most recent fight.
At this past Saturday’s UFC Edmonton event, Romanov scored a unanimous decision win over Rodrigo Nascimento. The bout was the last of the heavyweight veteran’s UFC contract and, as of now, he has not re-signed with the promotion. His departure from the active roster was first reported by UFC Roster Tracker.
MMA Fighting’s Damon Martin confirmed with officials that Romanov is no longer signed to the UFC. This news does not preclude Romanov returning to the promotion with a new contract, but as of now he is free to sign with any promotion.
Romanov (18-3) has competed 10 times for the UFC, compiling a 7-3 record during that stretch. The 33-year-old Moldovan surged up the rankings with a 5-0 start to his octagon career, which included finishes in four of those fights. He holds notable wins over Blagoy Ivanov, Juan Espino, and Marcos Rogerio de Lima, but is just 2-3 in his past five fights.
Former WEC title challenger Hiromitsu Miura has died. He was 43.
In a statement shared on social media, Miura’s family announced Tuesday that he “passed away suddenly” on Oct. 26 after battling acute leukemia since mid-September.
Miura doubled as both a professional mixed martial artist and boxer, competing mostly in his native Japan.
American fans may remember Miura (13-8) from his five appearances in WEC during the late 2000s. That included a fourth-round TKO loss to then-welterweight champion Carlos Condit on Aug. 3, 2008 at WEC 35. Widely considered one of the best fights in WEC history, Miura gave Condit a run for his money in an all-action affair before he was eventually stopped with punches.
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After the loss to Condit, Miura made one more WEC appearance before putting his MMA career on hold to pursue boxing, where he posted a 9-1 record. Miura returned to MMA in November 2015 and one year later captured the Pancrase welterweight championship by winning a unanimous decision against Akihiro Murayama.
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The Detroit Lions, coming off a 24-14 road win against the Green Bay Packers, made a big move ahead of the trade deadline. On Tuesday morning, Detroit reportedly acquired veteran defensive end Za’Darius Smith and a 2026 seventh-round pick from the Cleveland Browns in exchange for a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2026 sixth-round pick.
It hasn’t been much of a secret that the Lions, who sit atop the NFC at 7-1, have been looking to bolster their pass rush as they aim to make a Super Bowl run. Last week, head coach Dan Campbell even hinted that Detroit could be close to swinging a deal.
Not only did the Lions lose star edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson for the season, but Marcus Davenport, John Cominsky and Derrick Barnes are on injured reserve as well. Hutchinson, who hasn’t played since Week 6, still leads the team in sacks with 7.5.
The 32-year-old Smith could change that. This season, he’s started every game for the Browns, who fell to 2-7 on Sunday, and recorded five sacks and six tackles for loss.
In his 10 seasons in the NFL, Smith has totaled double-digit sacks three times, most recently in 2022 with the Minnesota Vikings. This will be his third stop in the NFC North, after he spent three seasons with the Packers and one with the Vikings.
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Nate Diaz gave a fan a pair of autographed gloves and also threw in a few hands and a takedown for good measure.
A brief spar went down between Diaz and a fan after the UFC star was stopped in the street and asked to sign some gloves. Diaz agreed, but only if the fan agreed to meet him in honorable combat.
See video below, courtesy of Championship Rounds (originally posted to Diaz’s Instagram Stories).
The fan appeared to be inspired by Shara Magomedov’s recent double backfist knockout as he attempted the maneuver twice in the clip, much to Diaz’s amusement. Diaz is all smiles as he playfully swipes at the fan before later taking the fight to the ground.
Diaz is then seen mimicking some vicious ground-and-pound before helping the fan up and presumably accommodating his autograph request.
In other words: Just another day in the life of the Diaz brothers.
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