{"id":201343,"date":"2016-08-16T17:29:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T00:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=201343"},"modified":"2016-08-16T17:54:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T00:54:47","slug":"ufc-light-heavyweight-champ-daniel-cormier-clarifies-who-his-next-opponent-will-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/ufc-light-heavyweight-champ-daniel-cormier-clarifies-who-his-next-opponent-will-be\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC light heavyweight champ Daniel Cormier clarifies who his next opponent will be"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this afternoon UFC President Dana White shocked the MMA\u00a0world\u00a0when he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/details-emerge-dana-white-jon-jones-usada-violation-look-good\/\">gave a major update in regards to Jon Jones&#8217; failed drug test case<\/a> with the US Anti-Doping Agency.<\/p>\n<p>Jones was expected to fight current UFC light heavyweight champion and bitter rival Daniel Cormier in the headliner of last month&#8217;s UFC 200 event in Las Vegas, but was pulled from the card just days prior to the event after being flagged by USADA for banned substances.<\/p>\n<p>When the update regarding Jones&#8217; case with USADA surfaced, &#8220;DC&#8221; had <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-reacts-jon-jones-usada-update\/\" target=\"_blank\">this reaction<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cormier recently took to Twitter to clarify who he would be defending his title against next:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m fighting winner of glover vs rumble. Don&#39;t care how his plays out.   <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PvELdtG3kl\">https:\/\/t.co\/PvELdtG3kl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dc_mma\/status\/765687997769494528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DC&#8221; even shared his prediction for the UFC 202 co-main event between &#8220;Rumble&#8221; and Glover:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I think rumble will win. Glover is great tho  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ukUE8lIjR9\">https:\/\/t.co\/ukUE8lIjR9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dc_mma\/status\/765692175325630464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Who do you want to see Daniel Cormier fight next? Sound off PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this afternoon UFC President Dana White shocked the MMA\u00a0world\u00a0when he gave a major update in regards to Jon Jones&#8217; failed drug test case with the US Anti-Doping Agency. 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