Late Wednesday evening news broke that pound for pound kingpin Jon Jones was pulled from UFC 200 after he was notified of a potential anti-doping violation stemming from an out-of-competition drug test back in June.
It was quickly announced that the fight was off the card, and that Brock Lesnar vs. Mark Hunt was the new main event for the historic card.
Cormier was quick to comment on the situation via an interview:
Daniel Cormier says he's obviously very disappointed. "More than anything just really disappointed"#UFC200
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Daniel Cormier says the disappointment is similar to the Olympics but that was his fault. This time is not on him#UFC200
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Daniel Cormier says "I guess if Jon was back and the fight was the fight, I would take it. I'm just here to fight" #UFC200
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Daniel Cormier says I've trained hard and long and if anybody would fight, he would still fight at #UFC200
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Daniel Cormier says he's even willing to go up to like 220 or 225 to fight at #UFC200
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Daniel Cormier says it will take him some time to get over this. "This one stung"#UFC200
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