Jon Jones’ reaction to Daniel Cormier offering help to Ovince St. Preux has led to a vehement push back from Cormier, who went off on Jones in a string of comments on Twitter.
Coward is running from the scene of a crime without checking on person you hurt. Coward is refusing to fight Gustafson. Coward is ufc 151
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 4, 2016
Jon jones I have never been afraid of you or anyone in my entire life. You calling me coward is insane. Your day will come bitch.
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 4, 2016
Jones you can’t hurt me, u lunch like a bitch. Ur not winning decision next time. Just don’t get ur dumb ass arrested again. Loser junkie
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 4, 2016
O my god jones is cool he took late notice fight, yea I’d fight osp too. I’d do it on 1 day notice. Harder fight you’d tuck ur tail again
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 4, 2016
Remember jones I didn’t call u coward when u moved our 1st fight due to injury hypocrite. That’s biggest word I’ll use when talking to u.
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 5, 2016
Last tweet. Jon ur dumb! Like really dumb. Get off ur high horse and stop riding the white horse. Junkie , I’m gonna rip ur head off!
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 5, 2016
Cormier’s comments weren’t just for Jones, as he went off on a couple of fan responses as well:
“@JWinston333: @dc_mma he fucked you up when you fought, why you talking shit……?”he won and ur an idiot and a loser. Stop following me
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 5, 2016
@WomenInUniform yes show up hurt. That’s smart. You are so dumb. I mean I can’t deal. I’m ok tho. I’m rich , I’ll be fine.
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 5, 2016
“@SpencerKarpin: @dc_mma so he’s a junkie, a dummy and still outmanned you and beat you. Says a lot about your skills lol” yes I suck
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 5, 2016
“@Matt_Pettigrew: @dc_mma You know yourself your not half the athlete @JonnyBones is. He’s on another level!” In not ur a genius. Validation
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 5, 2016
“@KennyEDavis: @dc_mma is being extremely childish” yes I am, but I bet u praise jones for being an adult huh. He was in jail last week
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 5, 2016
@SpencerKarpin and if he did and I retired. I’d still work at Fox and be waaay more successful than you. Option seems pretty good
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 5, 2016
For his part, Jones responded by laughing Cormier off.
Lol you mad bro?
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) April 5, 2016
Oh I know, I can feel his frustration through his tweets. https://t.co/KVAo5EWxpg
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) April 5, 2016
Daniel just please explain to us all why you would help OSP if you truly want to fight me and legitimize yourself as the champion?
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) April 5, 2016
Simple question. I’ll be waiting for your simple explanation
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) April 5, 2016
Penick’s Analysis: Man, that’s still just not a good look for Cormier. In fact, he comes off worse in his responses to fans, especially as he’s trying to sport the morally superior stance over Jones. There’s plenty to target Jones about, especially after the hit and run and his latest run-in with the law, but Jones isn’t wrong in the optics regarding Cormier wanting to help Ovince St. Preux. It’s not something that makes sense if Cormier’s intent on proving he’s better than Jones, and his tangential responses to that stance don’t come off well.
[Photo (c) Jayne Kamin-Oncea via USA Today Sports]
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