Daniel Cormier Responds to Jon Jones

Daniel
Cormier challenged Jon Jones to
fight the bout everyone knows he should take, instead of ruminating
about old rivalries.

Jones (28-1) and Cormier (22-3) shared one of the most iconic
rivalries in the history of the
Ultimate Fighting Championship, sharing the Octagon two times.
Jones defended his light heavyweight title in a hard-fought
unanimous decision against Cormier in 2015. While Jones knocked
Cormier out in their rematch in 2017, it was overturned to a no
contest due to “Bones” failing a drug test.

However, Jones and Cormier have not settled their feud even after
“DC” hung up his gloves in 2020. Jones recently said that he would
have beaten Cormier up even worse if they had fought at
heavyweight. Cormier claims Jones himself had refused to fight him
at heavyweight when he had the chance. Regardless of what has
already transpired, Cormier is not interested in beefing with Jones
any longer.

Cormier instead wants Jones to address the elephant in the room,
Tom
Aspinall. The interim heavyweight champ has done everything
within his limits to get a title unifier against Jones. However,
Jones first made him wait and defend his interim belt against
Curtis
Blaydes while he insisted on defending the title against
Stipe
Miocic. While there is yet to be any major developments, Dana
White has promised that Jones needs to fight Aspinall next if he
fights at all.

“Talking about what you would’ve done to me seven years ago, five
years ago when I retired. How about this? I’ve got a novel idea for
you. I’m retired,” Cormier said on YouTube. “I’m done, I’m 46, I’m
washed up, I’m a broadcaster, I’m a commentator, I am a talking
head. How about this novel idea? Fight the dude that’s actually
wanting to fight. I don’t want to fight Jon Jones. I have no desire
to fight anyone. But, how about fight the dude that’s actually
waiting to fight you, Tom Aspinall. It’s not about what may have
happened back then. We want to know as the consumer what’s going to
happen today. Am I afraid of this man? Absolutely not. But I’m not
here to fight no more. I’m a broadcaster. But there’s a guy that’s
waiting. There’s a guy that’s up to his neck in frustration.”