Daniel Cormier to Jon Jones: 'I'm washed up,' focus on Tom Aspinall instead
Daniel Cormier to Jon Jones: 'I'm washed up,' focus on Tom Aspinall instead
Daniel Cormier continues to takes issue with some of UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones' recent claims.
Cormier said Jones was "out of his mind" for suggesting that a heavyweight matchup between them would have gone worse than their two light heavyweight title bouts. Jones defeated Cormier twice, with their 2017 rematch overturned to a no contest after Jones tested positive for a turinabol metabolite.
Cormier decided to address Jones once again.
"Talking about what you would have done to me seven years ago, five years ago when I retired," Cormier said on his YouTube channel. "How about this? I've got a novel idea for you. I'm retired, I'm done, I'm 46, I'm washed up, I'm a broadcaster, I'm a commentator, I am a talking head. How about this novel idea? Fight the dude that's actually wanting to fight. I don't want to fight Jon Jones. I have no desire to fight anyone. But how about fight the dude that's actually waiting to fight you – Tom Aspinall.
"It's not about what may have happened back then. We want to know as the consumer what's going to happen today. Am I afraid of this man? Absolutely not. But I'm not here to fight no more. I'm a broadcaster, but there's a guy that's waiting. There's a guy that's up to his neck in frustrations because he's been waiting for so long. We want to know when's the fight with the guy that actually wants to fight you? It doesn't need to be a hypothetical. You guys can actually answer the question as to who's better between you and Tom."
UFC CEO Dana White remains optimistic that the Jones vs. Tom Aspinall title-unification bout will happen.
"I told you guys already we'll get Aspinall vs. Jones done," White told fans during an Instagram Live chat on Tuesday (h/t Championship Rounds). "The heavyweight fight will happen. Just relax, I'll announce that soon."
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