Daniel Cormier doesn’t think Jon Jones is in much of a position to question his injury removal from UFC 197, citing how Jones himself has pulled out of fights in the past in a response on Twitter.
Ok I’ll explain over a number of tweets lol. Ufc 172 was supposed to be his rematch. Jon said no. Give him glover.
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 18, 2016
Ufc 151 we know how that played out. Our 1st fight. Jon got hurt. Ufc 187 we know that one turned out. Jon isn’t one to question me. Better?
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 18, 2016
That’s 1 in 18 fights I just gave you 4 times he’s done it. Now he questions me. Makes a ton of sense https://t.co/5oBVy3KKAj
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 18, 2016
Not mad just seems a little hypocritical is all. https://t.co/x2U7HZwxD7
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 18, 2016
Penick’s Analysis: Cormier’s overplaying a couple of things here, but it’s true that Jones’ own leg injury delayed their first matchup. That said, UFC 151 wasn’t Jones’ fault, despite the UFC holding it against him. That’s on Dan Henderson not revealing his injury until it was far too late. Obviously Jones’ own issues scrapped him from UFC 187, but I don’t know that it’s full on hypocrisy for him to question Cormier. That’s simply their feud at the moment, and will have each of them continuing to make comments about one another until they fight again.
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