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UFC champion Daniel Cormier: I don’t need the Jon Jones trilogy fight anymore

Two-division UFC champion Daniel Cormier has established himself as one of MMA’s all-time greats, but you can’t tell the whole story of his career without noting his rivalry with Jon Jones, who beat him twice, only to have the rematch result flipped to a no contest due to a drug test failure.

Cormier intends to retire in March 2019, when he turns 40 years of age, and Brock Lesnar appears to be the man he’s targeting for his finale. As for a Jones trilogy, regardless of weight class? He told Ariel Helwani on Monday that it’s no longer necessary.