March 26, 2025 9:20 pm ET
Daniel Cormier is aware of first hand what it’s wish to beef with UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones after which battle him.
Cormier engaged in one of many largest rivalries in UFC historical past with Jones, which resulted in two title fights. Cormier misplaced each fights to Jones – with their rematch being overturned to a no contest after Jones examined constructive for a banned substance.
Interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) has been continuously poking at Jones (28-1 MMA, 22-1 UFC) to try to get his long-awaited title-unification bout. He confirmed up with a rubber duck to Saturday’s UFC Battle Evening 255 occasion at The O2 in London.
Cormier warns Aspinall that preventing Jones can be a distinct expertise than something he’s gone by means of earlier than.
“He’s very imply,” Cormier stated of Jones on “Good Guy/Bad Guy” with Sonnen. “He’s sturdy, he’s exhausting to battle, and Tom Aspinall goes to seek out that out, proper? So sure, Chael, I really like the duck, I really like all of the enjoyable, I really like all that, however on the finish of the day whenever you get in there with that dude, don’t begin rethinking issues. As a result of (if) you begin rethinking issues in there with that dude, he’s going to run proper by means of you. You can’t begin going, ‘Hey, man, it’s a bit tougher than I believed,’ as a result of he’s going to place it on you.”
Aspinall provided a positive update on his fight with Jones after assembly with UFC brass this previous week. The Brit has torn by means of his competitors, along with his previous 5 wins all coming by Spherical 1 knockout, most just lately when he defended his interim title against Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304.
Cormier doubts Aspinall can have one other fast evening in opposition to Jones and is curious to see how he handles the later rounds.
“I don’t consider Aspinall feels that manner,” Cormier continued. “You realize what the craziest factor is about being Tom Aspinall and being younger and successful? The followers and the world can actually make you go, ‘I’m going to get this dude.’ And then you definitely’re in there and also you begin shedding, and also you’re like, ‘God dang it, how am I shedding?’ How does he take care of that if that begins to point out itself within the battle or a protracted battle, as a result of it’s going to be exhausting to get Jon Jones out of there in a minute.”
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