Jon Jones did ‘dirty sh*t,’ can’t be called the GOAT

Daniel Cormier refuses to vary his stance on Jon Jones’ greatness.

Cormier was requested if he thinks former longtime UFC mild heavyweight champion and present heavyweight champ Jones is the best of all time, however his reply stays no. Jones captured the heavyweight title with a fast submission of Ciryl Gane at UFC 285.

Former UFC dual-champion Cormier can’t ignore Jones’ (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) previous historical past with performance-enhancing medication, particularly since he was concerned in that chapter.

Jones defeated Cormier twice throughout his 205-pound title reign, however the second was overturned to a no contest after Jones examined optimistic for a turinabol metabolite of their rematch. Jones additionally examined optimistic for estrogen blockers clomiphene and letrozole in 2016 after he defeated Ovince Saint Preux. In each cases, an impartial arbitrator decided that Jones didn’t knowingly cheat.

“You actually can’t deny his greatness, proper? Take a look at what he has achieved,” Cormier stated throughout the UFC 312 Q&A in Sydney (h/t The MacLife). “The man has actually fought by means of three generations of fighter. He fought that early era with (Lyoto) Machida and them. He went by means of my era, and now he’s preventing a complete different era of fellows.

“So yeah, after all he’s one of many best fighters of all time. However if you do soiled sh*t, you don’t get to be known as the best of all time.”

Cormier did admit that Jones’ head-kick knockout win over him at UFC 214, which was overturned to a no contest, was the toughest strike he’s ever absorbed in a combat.