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Daniel Cormier Wants Jon Jones To Target His Injured Knee
Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones have been trading shots back and forth in interviews leading up to their UFC 178 bout on September 27th for the UFC light heavyweight championship. Cormier spoke with Ariel Helwani on The MMA Hour to discuss the fight, and even invite Jon Jones to target his injured knee. “If he […]
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Evans Won’t Fight Johnson, Doesn’t Want To Make The Same Mistake As With Jones
Former UFC champion Rashad Evans doesn’t want to make the same mistake twice, and so he wont fight teammate Anthony Johnson. Rashad spoke about a return to the Octagon in early 2015 after recovering from ACL surgery. He spoke with Ariel Helwani: “The knee is coming along pretty well. I just didn’t want to put […]
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Dustin Poirier Disses McGregor, Says His Irish ‘Groupies’ Can’t Save Him
UFC featherweight Dustin Poirier has been trading shots with Conor McGregor lately, and will likely continue to do so until September 27th when the two meet at UFC 178. Check it out: Interview courtesy of MMA Fight Corner
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Cormier: Cain Velasquez Is Sparring Like Jon Jones Now
UFC correspondent Megan Olivi catches up with light heavyweight Daniel Cormier following the announcement that he gets a title shot at UFC 178.
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Gustafsson Breaks Silence On Fight Cancelling Injury
“I’m disappointed I can’t fight, but this is not the end, it’s just the beginning. I’m going to come back much stronger.” “I was sparring and I felt my knee pop twice, but it didn’t hurt, it just felt strange. I finished training and came home and then I woke up the next morning and […]
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Dustin Poirier: ‘I’m going to whup McGregor’s a$$’
“He just runs his mouth a little bit too much. He just kind of brings that kind of hatred towards himself. But, at the same time, people want to see him fight. So he’s doing a job of promoting the sport and the featherweight division. But he just got dealt a bad hand this time.” […]
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Daniel Cormier Agrees To Send Dominoes Delivery Driver To His UFC Title Fight
In just a couple of months, Daniel Cormier will get his long-awaited UFC title shot. The top light-heavyweight fighter’s number 1 fan took to twitter with a certain disappointment, but D.C. heard his cry and decided to help him out. I should've gone to 178. Go @dc_mma — REAL DEAL (@realdealruss) July 23, 2014 After […]
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Jon Jones Reacts To Cormier Booking By Heading Back To The Gym
Yesterday we learned that Alexander Gustafsson is injured and Daniel Cormier is taking his place against Jon Jones. And today we have the reaction from Jones on day 1. Enjoy!
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Cormier Reacts To Title Shot And Jon Jones Trash Talk
Daniel Cormier on when he found out about the Jon Jones title fight: “I got on the scale at 6:45 AM this morning because I had six donuts yesterday. Right then I got a text from Lorenzo Fertitta. I thought, ‘This can’t be good.’ Lorenzo offered me the fight. I got with my coaches we […]
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Jon Jones’ Daughter ‘Guarantees’ Her Dad Beats Up Daniel Cormier
Let the mud-slinging begin! If the recent beef on twitter wasn’t enough, Jon Jones went school yard on Daniel Cormier with a very real promise from his daughter.
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Jon Jones And Daniel Cormier Engage In Twitter Beef
No need to convince these guys to fight. Moments after announcing Daniel Cormier as the replacement for the injured Alexander Gustafsson, Jon Jones and DC took to twitter to exchange words. Guys please get this message to @JonnyBones he doesn't follow me. Didn't think I followed him. Hes a ninja #newchamp pic.twitter.com/ljayBbJham — Daniel Cormier […]
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Alexander Gustafsson Out, Daniel Cormier In Against Jon Jones At UFC 178
That injury bug! Daniel Cormier received the call of his life today, when UFC officials learned that UFC 178 headliner Alexander Gustafsson was withdrawing from his scheduled title shot due to injury. As a result, the AKA based Olympian will get his long-awaited shot at a UFC title on September 27th in Las Vegas. Daniel […]
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Jones vs. Gustafsson II To Take Place At MGM Grand In Vegas
UFC President Dana White said in an official statement today made by the UFC that the rematch between Jon Jones and Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 178 on September 27th will in fact take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. This news comes some time after the UFC announced the event would be held in […]
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Slightly Out Of Shape Jon Jones Cooling Off Outdoors
Jon Jones posted the following video on his official Instagram of himself looking slightly out of shape, and cooling off in his backyard with a garden hose. While Jones by no means looks like he is totally out of shape, it is a different look for the 205 pound champ, who always steps into the […]
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BREAKING NEWS: McGregor vs. Poirier Booked For UFC 178
The UFC has just announced that Notorious Conor McGregor will be facing off against Dustin Poirier at UFC 178: Jones vs. Gustafsson on September 27th in Las Vegas. Poirier and McGregor have been trading shots via Twitter. After Poirier’s teammate Cole Miller pulled out of his scheduled UFC Dublin bout against McGregor, Poirier didn’t step […]
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QUICK TWITT | Jon Jones & Chris Weidman React To Leaving The ESPY’s Empty Handed
Last night going up for ESPN awards were three UFC champions. Jon Jones, Chris Weidman and Ronda Rousey. Ronda was the only one to bring home a W. In the aftermath, the two UFC champs took to twitter with their humble reaction. Check it: I think @RondaRousey winning best female athlete isn't even arguable #WMMA […]
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Weidman Interested In Superfight With Jon Jones
Leading up to UFC 175, welterweight champion Johny Hendricks said if he and Chris Weidman both cleared out their weight classes, he would be interested in a superfight with the middleweight champion. Today Chris Weidman spoke about a potential superfight with Jon Jones on The MMA Hour and how he isn’t interested in a fight […]
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Jon Jones And Greg Jackson Creeped Out By Tim Kennedy’s Strange Obsession
UFC middleweight Tim Kennedy has a strange obsession that creeps out coach Greg Jackson and teammate Jon Jones. Watch the video to find out what Tim’s obsession is.
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PHOTO | D.C. Pops The Question In Vegas
Top UFC light-heavyweight fighter, Daniel Cormier just got engaged to his longtime girlfriend over the 4th of July weekend. Congratulations to the couple! (PHOTO PROPS: Tracy Lee – CombatLifestyle.com)
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‘Stone Cold’ Would Love To See Jon Jones Get His A$$ Kicked
“I mean, you here a little stuff on the side, about his lifestyle. I mean, his lifestyle is a little bit different than what he preaches. But, as a fighter, premiere. And, God, in the light heavyweight division! And Gustafsson really handed him his ass and took him in the deepest water that he’s ever […]
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Two Planned 2014 UFC Pay-Per-Views in Canada appear to be moving elsewhere
Dear Canada, The octagon will return to the great city of Montreal… eventually. The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) recently revealed a new date for its return to the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Originally slated for December of 2014, Managing Director for UFC Operations Tom Wright informed media members at the “UFC Fight Night 43” post-fight press conference that the event […]
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Jon Jones And His Double Shotgun Blast
UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones shows off some of his toys and his shooting skills. The Caption Reads, Having fun with some friend. #deleting
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Three UFC Champions Nominated For ESPY Awards
UFC Women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, UFC Middleweight champion Chris Weidman, and UFC Light heavyweight champion Jon Jones are all up for 2014 ESPY awards. Ronda Rousey was nominated for two awards in the category of “best female athlete” and “best fighter”. Chris Weidman was nominated for the “best upset” category with his back to […]
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Jon Jones: Gustafsson Fight Was My Strongest Showing
Jon Jones spoke with ESPN’s MMA Live to talk about his upcoming rematch with Alexander Gustafsson and how he has learned from the situation, including the UFC’s tactics they used to get the bout agreed upon. “I think it was handled the way it had to be. The UFC had to do their certain strategies […]
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Liddell On Jon Jones Beef: It’s Nothing Personal
UFC legend Chuck Liddell sounded off a few months ago prior to his protege Glover Teixeira fighting Jon Jones, and said that he believed Glover would knockout or submit Jones. Jones fired back with an offer to a superfight with the Iceman, however Liddell laughed off the offer. Last week Jones and Liddell ended up […]
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Jones: ‘Chael Almost Gained My Favor In Handling Of Failed Drug Test’
“I watched him on UFC Tonight. I thought he handled it very responsibly. I really admired him being vulnerable and telling the world about the situation with his wife and things like that. I’ve been very vocal about not respecting steroid users and guys who cheat. But Chael almost gained an exception with the way […]
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Dana White Reacts To Jon Jones’ Bully Accusations: ‘My Job is to put on fights for the fans, not the fighters’
“We sit down and try to make everybody happy. This isn’t boxing. They tried to make Floyd and Manny seven years ago and still haven’t made it. I had a real stupid article by a real stupid journalist where he was talking about how I get whatever I want and he called me a czar. […]
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Alexander Gustafsson Plays EA Sports UFC, Fights Jon Jones
UFC light heavyweight title challenger Alexander Gustafsson is getting ready for his rematch with light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones, but The Mauler took some time to try out the new EA Sports UFC and knock out Jon Jones, as himself of course. Check it out below, action starts at the 23:40 mark.