Daniel Cormier not too long ago doubled down on his callout of Jon Jones for a wrestling match. ‘DC’ reiterated that he was assured of dominating Jones on the wrestling mats and even supplied to face his longtime rival within the boxing ring.
It is no secret that there is not any love misplaced between Cormier and Jones. The 2 males are set to function opposing coaches on the third season of ‘ALF Actuality,’ a Russian-produced actuality present.
Unsurprisingly, there have been moments of pressure between the 2 MMA legends throughout filming, and it appears they floated the thought of boxing one another throughout their arguments. Final month, Cormier additionally expressed his willingness to battle Jones below wrestling guidelines.
In an interview with Ariel Helwani, Cormier reiterated his statements concerning a possible Jones showdown in wrestling. Assured of his possibilities in opposition to ‘Bones’ on the mats, he mentioned:
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“To make me and him do something prices a lot cash, there’s only a few folks that would truly make it occur… I do not know that [Jon Jones] is keen to permit me to embarrass him in a wrestling match…. If Jon Jones desires to wrestle, then yeah, I am going to go wrestle Jon Jones… I am not combating, man. Have a look at my face, dude. Have a look at all this grey… I’d field him, however I am not combating… I would field his face up.”
Cormier added:
“Wrestling? 10-0. Bro, I’m an Olympian. We’re gonna get in a wrestling stance and wrestle with footwear on? 10-0 all day.”
Kamaru Usman warns Daniel Cormier about Jon Jones’ wrestling prowess
Whereas Daniel Cormier is assured about dominating Jon Jones in a possible wrestling match, Kamaru Usman is not so positive. The previous UFC welterweight champion not too long ago shared his ideas on a Cormier-Jones wrestling match and warned ‘DC’ in opposition to underestimating Jones’ abilities on the mats.
In an episode of the Pound 4 Pound podcast, Usman mentioned:
“It is not that straightforward. I do not assume as a result of Jon Jones by no means went to Division-1 and [never] had the accolades and all of that, folks sleep on simply how gifted Jon Jones is. I consider Jon Jones may have been a multiple-time Division-1 champion. I consider that. Jon Jones was that good at wrestling. I’ve watched Jon Jones determine, ‘I’ll wrestle,’ and when he determined to wrestle, he made folks look dangerous.”
He added:
“This man is only a freak athletic expertise… I do know that is not saying quite a bit as a result of that is highschool, and ‘DC’ undoubtedly has the worldwide accolades. However hear, they fought. Sure, I perceive that is simply combating, that is MMA, however when it got here right down to that wrestling alternate, Jon is not any slouch. This ain’t going to be simply that simple.” [H/t: MMA Junkie]
Edited by Nishant Zende.
