It’s not on a regular basis Daniel Cormier goes out of his solution to again Jon Jones, however that’s precisely what he’s doing in the case of UFC White Home.
As quickly as President Donald Trump introduced he needed to carry a UFC occasion on the White Home garden on July 4, 2026, Jones ended his transient retirement and declared his intention to return for the historic card. However Jones’ pleasure was quickly dashed after UFC CEO Dana White mentioned he can’t belief the previous heavyweight champion to point out up when wanted, particularly for such an essential card.
Whereas Cormier understands White’s hesitation — he’s personally lived via an entire lot of drama with Jones throughout his profession — he nonetheless believes his best rival presents America the perfect probability to win in the primary occasion.
“I believe that I’d let him battle,” Cormier mentioned of Jones on his YouTube channel. “I believe if he needs to battle, I’d let him battle as a result of for as a lot as combined martial arts is a world sport, and it’s a sport that everyone loves, we help folks from all around the globe however on the finish of the day we’re preventing on the White Home. You need American folks that may win on the finish of the evening.
“Noche UFC final weekend had six Mexican-born fighters, they received all six fights. That they had three American fighters of Mexican descent and so they all received. It felt good for the folks leaving the world that evening as a result of the folks they went to help had all discovered success. Think about if we’re on the White Home garden and the People aren’t successful fights. That may occur.”
Cormier acknowledged the rumors that Conor McGregor would possibly make his long-awaited return to motion for the White Home occasion, with Michael Chandler as his most certainly opponent.
Regardless of McGregor being 4 years away from the game and counting, Cormier nonetheless believes he could be favored to beat Chandler if that battle occurs. Whereas nothing is assured, Cormier argues Jones has a significantly better probability to beat reigning UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall than Chandler does pulling off the upset over McGregor.
“[Conor McGregor] will nonetheless be the favourite to beat Michael Chandler,” Cormier mentioned. “However in case you put Jon Jones towards Tom Aspinall, for what everyone says Tom Aspinall is the man to beat him, when that line opens, I guess Jon Jones remains to be going to be the favourite. He’ll nonetheless be favored to beat Tom Aspinall.
“He’ll be the man that’s the world champion or a minimum of was the world champion earlier than he vacated his title and retired. So he’ll nonetheless be favored to win that battle. I consider that you simply’ve acquired to let him battle.”
Cormier argues the UFC may doubtlessly lace Jones’ contract with incentives or doubtlessly penalties if he indicators to battle after which doesn’t present up for the White Home card.
Jones dropping out of the occasion has been White’s greatest concern when discussing his reluctance to permit the previous two-division champion to take the highest spot on the cardboard.
“You place some issues in his contract that makes it very pricey to not comply with via,” Cormier mentioned. “If you happen to put Jon Jones on the White Home card, say one thing occurs within the garden and he needs to be pulled off the cardboard, 1,000,000 {dollars} [fined]. Say he doesn’t wish to battle, 1,000,000 {dollars}. Say he will get injured, then it must be much less so long as the harm will be confirmed. If the harm is confirmed, cost him nothing. He’s only a regular fighter that acquired harm in coaching camp however you set these safeguards in place to ensure that he reveals up there.”
As of now, Kayla Harrison is definitely the one champion on the whole UFC roster from the US and Cormier famous there’s not a single American fighter at present ranked within the high 10 pound-for-pound within the UFC.
Cormier appreciates that the UFC is a world group with champions from everywhere in the world, however for an occasion celebrating America’s 250th birthday, he needs to see the perfect fighter from the U.S. represented on that card with an actual shot at successful.
Prefer it or not, Cormier believes Jones is that individual.
“It’s me asking you to present Jon Jones an opportunity. That’s loopy!” Cormier mentioned with fun, addressing White. “It’s why good guys win on the finish of the films. As a result of they need folks to really feel good leaving the theater, aside from Million Greenback Child, which was a bullshit film as a result of that girl died or one thing on the finish of the film and I hated the best way that I felt after I left. No one goes to the films for that shit.
“We acquired to the films to see stuff and really feel good after we depart. I believe that the White Home card deserves an opportunity for that to occur.”
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