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Jones and Cormier trade jabs on social media

Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier are more than two months away from their rematch, but the two have already started attacking each other with verbal jabs on social media.

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Chris Palmquist
March 2, 2016 · 1 min read
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Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier are more than two months away from their rematch, but the two have already started attacking each other with verbal jabs on social media.

Jones started out the war of words with an awesome photoshop posted on his Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCbNNdzMDIJ/

Cormier, always one to join in on the fun, didn’t take long to respond with a photoshop of his own:

https://twitter.com/dc_mma/status/704851122461118464

Cormier later deleted his post on Instagram without any explanation. However the photoshop did portray Jones in the likeliness of Tyrone Biggums, a fictional drug addicted character created by comedian Dave Chapelle. It’s possible the post got Cormier in a bit of hot water with the UFC brass or he just decided it may have crossed the line and removed it himself.

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