DC: ‘Scumbag’ Jones has no limits
Daniel Cormier: “Somebody told him something in reference to my father being murdered, so he had Dana call me on three-way to apologize for saying anything like ‘I’m your daddy.’ But …”
Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and current champ Daniel Cormier have had harsh words on Twitter. Usually bickering on social media is for show with all the reality of a Hulk Hogan leg drop. However, sometimes it’s real. The two men really do not care for one another.
The latest row began when the UFC suggested that with a win over heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic at UFC 226 on July 7, DC might be the G.O.A.T. Jones pointed out that he had beated Cormier twice. However, one win was overturned after Jones tested positive for Turinabol and his reputation has taken a worse beating than Sakuraba.
During a recent UFC 226 media conference call, Cormier accused Jones of further deplorable behavior for messages like this one.
Good luck in your next fight, I’ve always wanted to be heavyweight champ… who’s your daddy?
— BONY (@JonnyBones) June 25, 2018
Before our very first fight there were some direct messages sent, and he said he was my daddy or some s*** like that,” began Cormier, as transcribed by Mike Bohn for MMAjunkie. “I guess fans, somebody told him something in reference to my father being murdered, so he had Dana call me on three-way to apologize for saying anything like ‘I’m your daddy.’ But, every time we argue, he goes back to ‘I’m your daddy’ or something like that. He didn’t mean to apologize. So there’s deeper meaning to ‘who’s your daddy?’
There’s deeper meaning to the history and him going through that unnecessary step of having Dana call me on the phone so he could personally apologize for saying anything about my father when he just kind of goes back to it every time we start to argue. So there’s deeper meaning to most of the stuff that we say. So outside of saying anything about my wife, and also the thing about daddy. Look, the guy’s not a good guy, so why would a scumbag like that have any limits?
At this point, when a guy’s been as inactive as Jones, he ties himself to certain individuals to keep his name in the – he tries to keep himself relevant. It’s easy to talk to trash to me because people always ask questions. We’re getting on the conference call, me and Stipe are fighting next week, and the first question is about Jon Jones. I answer the question, then he obviously sees my answer to the question, so it gives him an opportunity to kind of put himself back into relevancy.
This is the biggest fight of my career because I’m fighting the heavyweight champ of the world, the most successful heavyweight champ of the world. Stipe is great. Do I think he’s the best heavyweight of all-time? No. I still think Cain Velasquez is. But I do think he’s the most successful heavyweight champion of all time. It’s a big fight.
Yah it is.