Daniel Cormier says Jon Jones trilogy fight ‘will be up to me’ if it happens
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Daniel Cormier is set to defend his heavyweight title in the main event of UFC 241 against Stipe Miocic. There, it will be a rematch of their fight from UFC 226 where ‘DC’ knocked out the Cleveland-resident to win the heavyweight title and become a double-champion.
Although Cormier has this pivotal fight, many continue to wonder if he will fight Jon Jones again. The two are bitter rivals and have fought twice before where “Bones” won both before one became a no-contest. Yet, even though the two do not like each other, another fight would be a big payday for both. However, Cormier is uncertain if the fight makes sense to do.
“When it comes to Jones, I know now with all that I’ve accomplished, I don’t need that fight,” Cormier said to MMA Fighting. “I’ll be fine regardless but it will be something we revisit, me and my team, my management and everybody else and we’ll see if it’s something we want to do. Ultimately it will be my decision.”
“Things are different. I feel like Jones is competing so many times because he has to try and one, regain the faith of the fans, but also retake his place in the sport and I did that. My place is secure with no question marks, no issues in regards in what I’ve done. It would ultimately be up to me to see what I want to do.”
Something Cormier did not like about fighting Jon Jones is the fact that the build-up to the fight creates the worst in them. They both go at each other and have even gotten into a fight during a staredown. So, ‘DC’ believes there will be baggage in a Jon Jones trilogy fight that he isn’t sure if he wants.
“I think at this point in my career and my life, if you ask me these questions three years ago in 2015 after I lost to him the first time, I’d get all kinds of fired up about everything Jon Jones. Now I’m at a different time in my life,” Cormier explained. “Maybe I’ve lost faith in the honor of the sport because I feel that if we fight again, at the end of it win or lose, something extra will always be tied to it and I’m not talking about past interactions.”
“I’m talking even after this next one, something will happen and it will just ruin it. Even after our last fight, I was ready to move on. Like OK, you got me and look what happened. I guess I just lost faith in everything.”
For now, however, Daniel Cormier is just focused on his UFC 241 fight against Stipe Miocic. If he wins that, he will turn his attention to Jones, but he says Miocic deserves his full attention.
“Right now I’m so focused on Stipe Miocic because here’s the deal. At 205 [pounds], I’m not fighting guys like Volkan Oezdemir anymore, no disrespect to Volkan or Anthony Smith or Thiago Santos. I’m fighting the greatest heavyweight of all time,” Cormier said. “I think I need to be solely focused on that right now.”
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