It doesn’t sound like Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier found much common ground while coaching against each other during an upcoming season of a Russian reality series.
The longtime UFC rivals signed on to serve as coaches for a fighting reality show that films in Thailand with Jones expressing hope that he could potentially put the bad blood with Cormier to bed while spending some extended time around each other. It’s safe to say that didn’t happen with Jones unleashing on Cormier after filming on the show wrapped.
“This season against Daniel Cormier, what a stuffy, just d*ckhead Cormier really is,” Jones told Red Corner MMA. “I think if you really get to know Daniel Cormier, he’s an assh*le. He was an assh*le. He didn’t really connect with any of the fighters here. He’s just an assh*le.
“I tried to make peace with him many times but he made it very clear that he wants to be enemies for the rest of his life because of how lucrative it is.”
Jones defeated Cormier in the two encounters they shared in the UFC with a unanimous decision win in the first meeting and then a vicious head kick knockout in the rematch. That second victory was later overturned to a no-contest after Jones tested positive for a banned substance.
They moved on from that rivalry after the second fight with Jones and Cormier both capturing the UFC heavyweight title. Cormier ultimately retired from the sport following back-to-back losses to Stipe Miocic while Jones won the heavyweight title with a submission of Ciryl Gane, but then relinquished the belt when he decided to retire from the sport after a win over Miocic.
Jones quickly walked back that decision with hopes to compete on the upcoming UFC White House card slated for June, but UFC CEO Dana White has repeatedly stated he’s not interested in booking Jones for that event.
As far as his rivalry with Cormier goes, Jones promises he was more than willing to close that chapter but it sounds like filming the reality show only ratcheted up tension between them even more.
“There’s moments were we got to laugh but for the most part, he’s a d*ckhead,” Jones said. “You look at the way he treats his staff members. He brought like 10 Yes Men out with him and literally [telling them] ‘Go get me my water … where’s my this?’ ‘Why is that this?’ He just bosses guys around.
“The times we weren’t filming, he wasn’t very sociable with the people on set. He’s just a d*ckhead. I think people that really work with him know that.”
While there’s almost no chance they’d ever fight again, Cormier has expressed interest in booking a wrestling match against Jones. Cormier, a two-time Olympian, vowed that he would shutout Jones in a potential wrestling match.
For his part, Jones isn’t committing to anything just yet but he knows for certain he’s still living rent-free in Cormier’s head considering the disdain his former opponent still shows for him.
“If I wrestled against Daniel Cormier, it would be really interesting to see what happened,” Jones said. “I can’t definitively say what would happen in the sport of wrestling. The one thing I do know is I made him cry in front of the world. I took him off the list of being considered one of the greatest fighters of all time.
“He’ll be even lower in the ranking of the greatest heavyweights of all time because my prospect Gable Steveson is going to be three times the champion Daniel Cormier ever was. He’ll just always be in my shadow one way or another.”
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