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Jon Jones Next Opponent Could be a Familiar Rival in New Setting
Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier are linked with a historic trilogy fight in a format separate to their bitter UFC rivalry.
The pair have such a checkered past that they’ve combined multiple times for MMA’s defining grudge match. In one corner, you have Jones as the generational talent, albeit one mired in constant controversy. And, in the opposite corner, there’s Cormier, who likely would have far greater acclaim in the fight game were it not for the existence of Jones.
Their animosity exploded publicly—most famously an on-stage brawl—before Jones beat Cormier by decision at UFC 182 in 2015. They coached opposite each other on The Ultimate Fighter 23, before rematching at UFC 214 in 2017, where Jones stopped Cormier with a head kick. That win was later overturned to a no contest after Jones tested positive for a banned sustance, only deepening the feud.
Now, it could explode once again.
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Cormier & Jones Could Fight a Third Time
On Monday, Jones and Cormier were announced as coaches, once again, in a TUF knock-off, called ALF MMA reality series. That same day, Cormier told his fellow wrestler Ben Askren that he’d love to get his hands on Jones again, but in a wrestling format, for the Real American freestyle organization.
“I’m telling you, Real American Freestyle is going to see me and Jon Jones at some point, and I’m going to kick his ass like you would never believe.”
Cormier finished: “Because guess what, I still shoot. I still train wrestlers every single day.”
It is not the only time Jones and Cormier have been in the news regarding a trilogy bout as Jones said just two months ago that he’d been “approached” about competing against his fierce rival.
“I was approached the other day about grappling DC for charity … I said, ‘Absolutely’. Let’s see what comes of it. 3-0.”
It is unclear if such a match-up could get off the ground as, though Cormier is a UFC commentator and unlikely to compete against anybody else, Jones — a recent heavyweight champion — has been linked with fights against Alex Pereira and even Tom Aspinall.
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