{"id":318344,"date":"2019-07-05T16:12:11","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T23:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=318344"},"modified":"2019-07-05T16:12:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T23:12:11","slug":"daniel-cormier-opens-up-on-a-potential-trilogy-fight-with-jon-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/daniel-cormier-opens-up-on-a-potential-trilogy-fight-with-jon-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Cormier opens up on a potential trilogy fight with Jon Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will attempt to defend his title against Thiago Santos this Saturday at UFC 239, but that hasn\u2019t stalled questions of a potential trilogy with Daniel Cormier.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-continues-to-taunt-daniel-cormier\/\">Bones<\/a>\u2019 recently dismissed talks of a possible third fight with \u2018DC\u2019, accusing the reigning heavyweight champion of not having the balls to face him again.<\/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>The bitter rivals would meet again at UFC 214, and once again Jon Jones proved victories over Daniel Cormier, 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>Daniel Cormier shot down those aforementioned recent remarks from Jon Jones during today\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\">UFC<\/a> Press Conference.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u201c<\/span>It can always happen whether it&#8217;s in here in the Octagon or in the back when I&#8217;m leaving the building,\u201d Cormier said of a trilogy bout with Jones. \u201cWhen Dana (White) opens up the book and this is what I&#8217;m getting paid&#8230; then you guys might get a third fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jon Jones is coming off off a unanimous decision win over Anthony Smith, which was preceded by a knockout victory over Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232 where he reclaimed his light heavyweight throne.<\/p>\n<p>\u2019Bones\u2019 will square off with Thiago Santos in the main event of UFC 239 tomorrow night in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>As for Daniel Cormier, \u2018DC\u2019 will return at August\u2019s UFC 241 event for a rematch with former heavyweight kingpin Stipe Miocic.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we will see a trilogy bout between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier booked next if both men win their upcoming title fights? Sound off in the comments section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p>This article first appeared on BJPENN.com July 5, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones will attempt to defend his title against Thiago Santos this Saturday at UFC 239, but that hasn\u2019t stalled questions of a potential trilogy with Daniel Cormier. \u2018Bones\u2019 recently dismissed talks of a possible third fight with \u2018DC\u2019, accusing the reigning heavyweight champion of not having the balls to face [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54469,"featured_media":275227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10112,10153,10091,39610],"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>Daniel Cormier opens up on a potential trilogy 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