December 28, 2024 9:00 pm ET
When upon a time, getting Daniel Cormier to state favorable features of Jon Jones would have been a long shot. Now that their heated competition has actually long been closed, Cormier can’t assist however confess he’s satisfied with Jones’ durability as a UFC champ.
Cormier and Jones’ past has actually been well-documented. They were at each others throats when they were champion rivals at UFC 182 and UFC 214. Cormier has actually considering that hung up the gloves and got in the UFC Hall of Fame, however Jones is still going at it, as a champ in a 2nd department.
Speaking to his previous “DC & & RC “co-host Ryan Clark, Cormier gushed over Jones’ durability at the top of the mountain.
“For me, DC, being a UFC fan who began with Chuck Liddell, Randy Couture, then moved into the age with you and Jon, we had these champs that you might rely on,” Clark stated on a reunion episode of “DC & & RC.” “It was the Kamaru Usman, it was the Alexander Volkanovski, it was the Israel Adesanya and we’ve transitioned from those guys. Now we’re with Ilia Topuria and Alex Pereira is among the best fighters that’s ever lived. It’s actually cool though that through all that, Jon Jones is still around and we’re still waiting on the next huge Jon.”
“How? How? How’s that possible?!” Cormier inserted.
“This man actually– like, hello guy, I do not care how you feel about him. I may not have actually tinkered the guy on that level, however how ?! It’s been– I believe he was a champ in 2011 for the very first time. That’s an insane idea! That through all that, all those men, I imply 3 generations of gamers.
… It’ll resemble Tom Brady playing through thirty years of football. 3 various generations of gamers at quarterback, since it’s not like being a lineman. It’s not being an undercard guy. It’s a centerpiece guy that has been centerpiece for 13 years? That truly is a ridiculous idea.”
Jones initially declared UFC gold by beating Mauricio “Shogun” Rua for the light heavyweight title at UFC 128 on March 19, 2011. As we go into 2025, Jones is still a UFC champ, however in the heavyweight department.
Clark asked Cormier to describe how difficult it is to achieve a champion durability in MMA.
“It’s nearly difficult, particularly to do it for a very long time,” Cormier stated. “That’s why when you see a guy like Usman or Volkanovski, where they simply kind of go, and they’re rolling? It appears like they’re unsurpassable.
… The entire time that you’re up and you’re the guy, and you’re laying in that huge, gorgeous home, there’s a boy that does not have what you have. As you’re doing a lot, as you’re still attempting to be the very best,
