UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier will defend his title in a rematch with Anthony “Rumble” Johnson this December at UFC 206 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n
The pair first met at UFC 187 in May of 2015, with “DC” emerging victorious by way of third-round submission (rear-naked choke). <\/p>\n
In a recent interview with Michael Landsberg of TSN, Cormier and Rumble weighed in on Jones\u2019 current situation<\/a>. Though the two light heavyweights differ in their prediction of the outcome of their upcoming fight, they agreed whole-heartedly that Jones is no longer relevant.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen people ask me about Jon, they ask me like \u2018what\u2019s going on with that guy?\u2019,\u201d Rumble said, echoing Cormier\u2019s statement. \u201cThey don\u2019t ask me about his athletic ability anymore, and his greatness inside the cage, they talk about his problems outside the cage. Nobody\u2019s perfect, we\u2019ve all had our problems outside the cage, but his are just amazing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Those comments did not sit well with the pound-for-pound great, Jon Jones (22-1 MMA), who fired back at “DC” and “Rumble” on social media with the following messages via Twitter:<\/p>\n DC I'll always be that "normal guy" who worked your ass<\/p>\n — BONY (@JonnyBones) October 20, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n\u201cNo, [he\u2019s not relevant] because he\u2019s not fighting,\u201d Cormier told Landsberg. What made him relevant was the fact that he could fight and he could fight well. He\u2019s not fighting anymore. He\u2019s a normal guy that did a lot of things in the past. He\u2019s any other guy that, at this point, is retired because he\u2019s not in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n