Cormier: If Jones is ready to go, I’m ready to go
UFC lightheavyweight champion Daniel Cormier joined UFC Tonight last night and talked about his preference in opponent for his next title fight.
UFC lightheavyweight champion Daniel Cormier joined UFC Tonight last night and talked about his preference in opponent for his next title fight:
“(Bader) has by far earned a title shot, but with that being said, if Jones is ready to go, I’m ready to go,” Cormier said Wednesday on “UFC Tonight”. “This is the fight I want to be involved in, this is the fight the fans want to see and this is the biggest fight the UFC could put together.”
Jones and Cormier battled to a five-round decision in January at UFC 182 in one of the biggest pay-per-view cards of the year. Jones defeated Cormier to defend the light heavyweight title for the eighth consecutive time before he was stripped of the belt in April.
Cormier went on to win the vacant title in May and then defended it last weekend against Gustafsson in Houston.
It seems everything is lined up for another showdown between Jones and Cormier and the current light heavyweight champion thinks that fight will receive even more attention than the last bout, which means Bader would have to wait once again to get a title shot.
“Jon and I did big business in January and I believe we’d do even bigger business whenever we do fight again,” Cormier said.