Gus, Jones, and DC are Chuck, Tito, and Randy
Long, long ago, before there was a social network, there lived three fighters, named Chuck, Tito, and Randy. They called…
Long, long ago, before there was a social network, there lived three fighters, named Chuck, Tito, and Randy. They called each other names at press conferences, and then it was written about in Full Contact Fighter, a thing called a “magazine”. Eventually, the three retired.
Or did they?
In any case, a new trio, Daniel ‘DC’ Cormier, Alexander ‘Gus’ Gustafsson, and Jon ‘WTF’ Jones have come to dominate the division, and now they bicker bitterly on Twitter. It’s human nature that if you put three beings in a place, two will gang up on one. Most recently, arch rivals Cormier and Jones squared up digitally vs. Gustafsson.
It began when Gustafsson took a diglet at Cormier, referring vaguely to fighters “talking about retirement.”
DC was not impressed.
Alex, what exactly have you accomplished in your career? I’ve earned the right to retire on top. Your greatest accomplishment is two close losses. Congrats on the new contract, now go fight. It’s been two years. Enough with the social media. #gofight https://t.co/Uf2LJ31ALE
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 21, 2018
“>April 21, 2018
Then Gustafsson replied.
https://twitter.com/AlexTheMauler/status/987762659268464641
“>April 21, 2018
Then Jones piped up.
I don’t even like DC and I enjoyed this. Too funny 😂 Alex bring all your tough guy shit to the championship rounds next time 🤙🏾 https://t.co/CSHLq7HlB2
— BONY (@JonnyBones) April 24, 2018
“>April 24, 2018
Then Gustafsson replied with a not too subtle reference to horse meat.
https://twitter.com/AlexTheMauler/status/988652404324339713
“>April 24, 2018
And that stirred up a three-part combo from ‘Bones’.
Brilliant come back, just what I expected from you. I guess shogun, rampage, Bader etc. could all use the same excuse now too. Do you look yourself in the mirror and call yourself champ now that I cheated
— BONY (@JonnyBones) April 24, 2018
“>April 24, 2018
Please tell me you convinced yourself that I was on steroids during our fight 🤣 please tell me you convinced yourself I was ever on steroids🤣
— BONY (@JonnyBones) April 24, 2018
“>April 24, 2018
The only good stuff I used to send you packing was my big old American balls. Try spending a little more time here, maybe you’ll learn a thing or two
— BONY (@JonnyBones) April 24, 2018
“>April 24, 2018
Sadly, although Chuck, Tito, and Randy fought each other, the light heavyweight division is stuck at present. Cormier is moving up to fight heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic. Jones awaits the outcome of another USADA investigation. And Gustafsson just signed the best contract of his career; a title eliminator is likely next for ‘The Mauler’.
H/T MMA Fighting