Jones: Cormier has ‘a lot of doubt’
Jon Jones: “I believe ultimately when it comes fight night, he’s going to look back on everything he said and it’s just going to create more pressure for him.”
Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier have waged a serious war of words building up to their fight at UFC 182 on January 3rd. Jones recently spoke to MMAFighting.com about all the trash talk and how he believes it will actually affect Cormier on fight night:
“He reminds me of Chael Sonnen when he says things like that,” Jones said dismissively. “No disrespect to Chael. Big fan of Chael, I really developed a respect for Chael. But Chael was very good at the antics and saying things that just aren’t true. For him to say he’s going to make it look easy, I know for a fact he doesn’t believe that in his heart. How can you say that? I don’t know what he’s seeing in my footage of my fights, but to say he believes he’ll win is one thing. To say he’ll make it look easy is just, it’s like saying I can fly. It holds no weight.
“He has a lot of doubt,” Jones continued. “He’s trying to make himself believe. Talk himself into just believing some of the crazy things he’s been saying. I believe ultimately when it comes fight night, he’s going to look back on everything he said and it’s just going to create more pressure for him.”