Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones are seemingly never going to get to a good place.<\/p>\n
Cormier and Jones have one of the most heated rivalries in UFC history, and though both men are done competing and have not fought each other in nearly a decade, the animosity lives on. Recently, Cormier went on Club Shay Shay where he gave his MMA Mount Rushmore and left Jones off<\/a> due to Jones\u2019s history with failed drug tests. This, in turn, caused Jones to respond, ripping into Cormier for being insecure.<\/p>\n But speaking with Chael Sonnen on their ESPN show Good Guy\/Bad Guy<\/a>, Cormier makes the case that it\u2019s actually Jones who has the issue here.<\/p>\n \u201cHere\u2019s the problem: I only answer the questions asked to me,\u201d Cormier said. \u201cThat\u2019s what I do. Guy asks me a question about Jon Jones, I tell him my truth. The reality is this though, I will always go above and beyond to credit him with being, a) toughest guy I\u2019ve ever fought, b) the hardest fight, one of the smartest fighters in the octagon. I give him all the credit of being one of the best fighters ever, but I\u2019m not going to say, \u2018Oh yeah, you\u2019re one of the four greatest fighters of all time,\u2019 when, like you said Chael, over the course of that career, there was a moment where you made the decision to do something you weren\u2019t supposed to to elevate you inside of an octagon in a fist fight.<\/p>\n \u201cI also say this, Chael, he\u2019s not the only guy I fought like that. He\u2019s just the only one I couldn\u2019t beat. I never took a drug test until I got to the UFC. So it\u2019s not like these guys weren\u2019t doing anything, he was just the one I couldn\u2019t beat.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I give him credit, but the guy is so weird. He\u2019s such a weird guy. Because even if I will talk about him \u2014 this was 20 minutes of me talking about him and polishing him up, telling him all the great things about what he does in the octagon. It\u2019s the negative thing that he latches onto because that\u2019s what he wants to do. He wants to latch onto that negative thing. When in reality, I feel like I was very fair.\u201d<\/p>\n Of course, Cormier couldn\u2019t leave it at that. He also felt compelled to respond to Jones\u2019s resume measuring competition, by giving his own in comparison.<\/p>\n \u201cTo say, \u2018made me feel inferior,\u2019\u201d Cormier said. \u201cYou were a high school state champion, I won three, and a world medal in high school, and I made the United States world team when I was in high school. You were a JUCO national champion, I won two of those, and became an NCAA All-American and finalist. Then I went on to make two Olympic teams and win six U.S. National titles. Then you went on to become the youngest champion in UFC history. Absolutely. I was a UFC champion, too. In two divisions. So how can you tell someone their inferior when all the accolades are kind of the same but better? They\u2019re just better. How do you call somebody inferior?\u201d<\/p>\n But perhaps in an effort to extend some sort of olive branch to Jones so this cycle of media name-calling can end, Cormier did say there is something he likes about Jones. Earlier this month, Jones made the case for being called \u201cForever Champion\u201d<\/a> due to his accolades, and that\u2019s something Cormier can get behind.<\/p>\n \u201cJon wants to be called the \u2018Forever Champion.\u2019 He said that now he should be called the \u2018Forever Champion\u2019 because of all of his accomplishments in the UFC and how long its been. Now Chael, this Jon Jones, I like!\u201d Cormier said. \u201cThis, I like! I don\u2019t like the whiny little bitch. I like this because you went through three decades of fighter! Now, are we going to call him the Forever Champ? No. But that I kind of like.\u201d<\/p>\n El Cucuy. Tony Ferguson addresses UFC exit<\/a>, if he ever plans to return to MMA: \u2018I don\u2019t give a f*ck what anybody thinks about me.\u2019<\/p>\n Reaction. \u2018Dog got to go to prison\u2019: Pros react<\/a> to Raja Jackson appearing to brutally assault pro wrestler.<\/p>\n Statement. Dricus du Plessis releases first statement<\/a> since title loss to Khamzat Chimaev.<\/p>\n Concussion. Kiefer Crosbie blasts Marc Goddard after illegal knee led to knockout loss<\/a> at UFC Shanghai.<\/p>\n Withdrawn. Gable Steveson out of CJI 2 grappling match<\/a> with Craig Jones.<\/p>\n Tony Ferguson interview ahead of his Misfits debut.<\/p>\n Michael Bisping in Thailand.<\/p>\n The MK Boys on UFC Shanghai.<\/p>\n SOCIAL MEDIA BOUILLABAISSE<\/p>\n Sean Strickland with a measured and reasonable take. Wow.<\/p>\n Sodiq Yusuff also very wise.<\/p>\n Mizuki Inoue (15-6) vs. Jacqueline Amorim (10-1); UFC 321, Oct. 25.<\/p>\n Billy Elekena (8-2) vs. Kevin Christian (9-3); UFC Fight Night, Nov. 1.<\/p>\n If you find something you\u2019d like to see in the Morning Report, hit up @AlexanderKlee<\/a> or @JedKMeshew<\/a> on Twitter and let us know about it. Also, follow MMAFighting on Twitter<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, TikTok<\/a>, and like us on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n