DC slams Jon Jones: Jon Jones vs Ciryl Gane: Daniel Cormier thinks his name will always be marked with an asterisk despite Jon Jones’ accomplishments. Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC), a lengthy former light heavyweight champion, became a two-division championship holder at UFC 285: Jones vs. Gane when he submitted Ciryl Gane in Round 1. However, Jones’ history of many failed drug tests means that Cormier still cannot rank him among the all-time greats. Follow the latest UFC News Updates with InsideSport.IN
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DC slams Jon Jones: The UFC commentator denies calling him a GOAT
Throughout his time as 205-pound champion, Jones defeated Cormier twice; one of those victories was later ruled as no contest when a test for a turinabol metabolite showed positive. In 2016, after defeating Ovince Saint Preux, Jones also tested positive for the estrogen-blocking drugs clomiphene and letrozole. An impartial arbitrator found that Jones did not intentionally cheat in either case.
The booth reaction when P4P king @JonnyBones cemented the win 🤯 pic.twitter.com/CpoSyrkEfN
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But even so, Jones’ history of repeated failed drug tests prevents Cormier from calling him the best of all time. He argues that he is not resentful but has always held this opinion.
On his ESPN program “DC & RC,” Cormier remarked, “I think it’s hard to argue the greatest of all time when Jones has now gone up to heavyweight and won the belt because of what he did at light heavyweight.”
“This always puts me in a tight situation since I will always say guys with horrible things associated with their name should not be hoisted on high. Especially with the medicines, steroid failures, and things of that nature. It’s difficult to rank you as the best of all time when you possess those qualities.”
“And although I am aware of Anderson Silva and all those other athletes, Jones deserves to be mentioned as he has now won championships in two different weight classes in addition to heavyweight.”
Cormier disagrees that Jones is currently the top P4P fighter
Daniel Cormier disputed the UFC’s decision to now rank Jon Jones as the top fighter pound-for-pound. In Cormier’s opinion, he shouldn’t be the top boxer pound-for-pound. “I believe Alexander Volkanovski ought to remain there. I’m not convinced that he should be ranked as the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world, but I don’t mind if they did.”
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