{"id":274710,"date":"2018-04-17T08:26:50","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T15:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=274710"},"modified":"2018-04-17T08:26:50","modified_gmt":"2018-04-17T15:26:50","slug":"daniel-cormier-explains-why-he-doesnt-blame-jon-jones-loss-on-steroids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/daniel-cormier\/daniel-cormier-explains-why-he-doesnt-blame-jon-jones-loss-on-steroids\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier explains why he doesn&#8217;t blame Jon Jones loss on steroids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has fought Jon Jones twice, and neither fight went the way he planned.<\/p>\n<p>In his first fight with Jones, Cormier game up a decision. In his second fight, meanwhile, he was put down by third-round head kick \u2014 though this knockout loss was ultimately overturned when Jones failed a drug test.<\/p>\n<p>Failed drug tests, of course, have become an unfortunate theme of Jones recent career. Despite this fact, however, Cormier refuses to attribute his disappointing fights with Jones on Jones&#8217;s use of performance enhancing drugs.\u00a0The champ explained why he refuses to do so on a recent episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/podbay.fm\/show\/1124228879\/e\/1523948460?autostart=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC Unfiltered<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I just don&#8217;t feel like [Jones] was the first guy I&#8217;ve fought [who has been] on steroids, and I&#8217;ve beat all the rest of them, so I should have beat him,&#8221; Cormier said.<\/p>\n<p>While Cormier doesn&#8217;t feel Jones&#8217;s drug-use influenced the outcomes of their fights, he did not hold back when discussing Jones&#8217;s decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s a weird fucking guy,&#8221; he said. &#8220;He&#8217;s a weird cat, man. Let me tell you, to try to dive into the mind of Jon Jones, you can&#8217;t do it without some help. It takes a lot of drugs to think like him. Unless you&#8217;re going to go get crazy high&#8230; then you&#8217;ll think like him. You can&#8217;t [think like him] normally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At present, Cormier is gearing up for a return to the heavyweight division, as he&#8217;s set to battle that division&#8217;s ruler Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 226. If he&#8217;s successful on this mission, he&#8217;ll join Randy Couture, BJ Penn, <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/conor-mcgregor\">Conor McGregor<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/fighter\/georges-st-pierre\/\">Georges St-Pierre<\/a> as one of just a handful of fighters to medal in two UFC divisions.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, meanwhile, is currently awaiting his sentencing after his latest failed drug test.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll ever see Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones fight again?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 4\/17\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier has fought Jon Jones twice, and neither fight went the way he planned. In his first fight with Jones, Cormier game up a decision. 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