The Takedown | UFC: Daniel Cormier’s ‘last one’ has to be Jon Jones – he can’t stop with Stipe Miocic if he regains the title
- It would be a crime not to get a final chapter to the Jones-Cormier rivalry
- But it needs to happen at heavyweight if we are to get a definitive ending
There was a familiarly competitive glint in Daniel Cormier’s eye when Ariel Helwani pressed him on whether the next one really will be the last one.
“At this moment, I’m fighting Stipe Miocic and that’s it for me. The only reason I’m fighting again is to fight a guy that beat me,” said a slightly hesitant Cormier.
The elephant in the room – or over the Skype connection – was DC’s long-time arch nemesis Jon “Bones” Jones, though.
If the only reason Cormier is fighting again is to right his wrongs, then he has at least one more reason to postpone his retirement.
Before Miocic stunned him in August at UFC 241, the 32-year-old Jones (25-1) handed Cormier what were his only two professional career losses. Jones by unanimous decision in 2015 and again in 2017, via some ground and pound after a stunning head kick.