UFC Hall of Fame inductee, Daniel Cormier has lamented a long-rumored and ultimately failed fight between former heavyweight champion and teammate, Cain Velasquez, and incumbent division best, Jon Jones – claiming the long-projected bout between the two would have been one to watch.
Cormier, a former undisputed light heavyweight and heavyweight champion under the banner of the UFC, and long-time training partner of friend, Velasquez at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, California, twice competed against the above-mentioned, Jones for light heavyweight gold.
First suffering a unanimous decision loss to the Endicott native, Cormier would then drop a high-kick KO loss in a championship rematch, before the bout was overturned to an official ‘No Contest’ amid a failed drug test return from Jones.