{"id":317229,"date":"2019-06-24T18:59:05","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T01:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=317229"},"modified":"2019-06-24T18:59:05","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T01:59:05","slug":"jon-jones-continues-to-taunt-daniel-cormier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-continues-to-taunt-daniel-cormier\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones continues to taunt Daniel Cormier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is set to defend his title against Thiago Santos at UFC 239, but that hasn\u2019t stopped chatter of a trilogy fight with reigning heavyweight champ and bitter rival Daniel Cormier.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018DC\u2019 is set to return to action in the headliner of August\u2019s UFC 241 event for a rematch with former title holder Stipe Miocic.<\/p>\n<p>Cormier, who plans to retire before the end of the year, recently stated that he wanted to move back down to light heavyweight for one more fight with \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-blasts-frail-israel-adesanya\/\">Bones<\/a>\u2019 before calling it a career.<\/p>\n<p>During his guest appearance on \u2018The Helwani Show\u2019, Jon Jones responded to Cormier\u2019s claims that he is willing to return the 205-pound division for a third and final showdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe won\u2019t do it. I think it takes a lot out of him to make the weight cut.\u201d Jon Jones explained. \u201cI haven\u2019t seen him in person, but I hear he\u2019s bigger than ever and to lose all that weight and come up short a third time&#8230; It just takes a lot of courage I would imagine.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Jones didn\u2019t stop there, taunting Daniel Cormier with the following message.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dI don\u2019t think he has the balls to do it. I think he knows what to say to people to appear not afraid of me. But, deep down inside, he knows what\u2019s it like after losing to me twice. Going him. Crying. I just doubt that he\u2019s going to do that to himself again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones and Cormier have met twice in the past. Their first encounter occurred at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UFC<\/a> 182 in January of 2015, with \u2018Bones\u2019 emerging victorious by way of unanimous decision.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-300215\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jon-Jones-Dana-White-Daniel-Cormier.png\" alt=\"Jon Jones, Dana White, Daniel Cormier\" width=\"696\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jon-Jones-Dana-White-Daniel-Cormier.png 696w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jon-Jones-Dana-White-Daniel-Cormier-300x172.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The bitter rivals would meet again at UFC 214, and once again Jon Jones proved victories, this time by way of knockout.<\/p>\n<p>That victory was later overturned to a no-contest, this after Jones tested positive for the banned substance turinabol.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Jon Jones recent remarks regarding current <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\">UFC<\/a> heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier? Sound off in the comments section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is set to defend his title against Thiago Santos at UFC 239, but that hasn\u2019t stopped chatter of a trilogy fight with reigning heavyweight champ and bitter rival Daniel Cormier. \u2018DC\u2019 is set to return to action in the headliner of August\u2019s UFC 241 event for a rematch with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54469,"featured_media":280413,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10153,10091,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jon Jones continues to taunt Daniel Cormier | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jon Jones is set to defend his title against Thiago 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