Daniel Cormier has praised Jon Jones but pointed out his old rival’s flaws after he became the UFC heavyweight champion. ‘Bones’ returned from a three-year MMA absence and submitted Ciryl Gane just…
Daniel Cormier has praised Jon Jones but pointed out his old rival’s flaws after he became the UFC heavyweight champion.just over two minutes into his heavyweight debut at UFC 285 in Las Vegas on Saturday night.Throughout fight week, Jones insisted he is simply too good for Gane and would easily deal with him afterCormier was still surprised by what he witnessed while commentating at UFC 285 and simply had to give the former two-time light-heavyweight champion his due credit.
“Well, he goes out there and dominates in a way that tells me that everything he said he believed from the very start, and he just did it. “Hats off to Jon Jones for doing something he said he was going to do by winning the fight. Not only winning the fight, winning the fight impressively.”
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