UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier has one of the biggest championship defenses of his career coming up this weekend at “UFC 210” where he will defend his gold against Anthony “Rumble” Johnson. But still, D.C. cannot escape questions asking him about his feud with Jon “Bones” Jones.
Jones’ suspension has recently wrapped up, and his punishments surrounding his failed tests at “UFC 200” are now in the past. Even though they are in the past, however, Cormier refuses to simply let Jones’ follies go. Cormier opened up about Jones’ past on the 5Ive Rounds Podcast [via. MMA Fighting]:
“You kind of expect it, but there’s only one problem with Anthony’s answer. I think we’ve got to stop saying, ‘Regardless of what happened.’ We know what happened. We know exactly what he did. So when we say stuff like, ‘Regardless of what happened,’ or we don’t state the facts, it’s almost like we’re sweeping it under the rug. We know what he did. We know the bad things that he did. We know that he tried to cheat. We know all this stuff. So I get annoyed because I’m like, ‘Why are you asking me about a guy that, three days before we were supposed to fight, pissed hot?’ That’s the stuff that annoys me, not the fact that he’s a good fighter. He’s a great fighter.”
“You cheated. You also smashed into somebody’s car and ran away. I know what you did. If everybody else wants to ignore it, they can. I’m not.”
