There’s been a lot of talk about current UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier having a trilogy fight with light-heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones, but it seems that DC isn’t completely sold on the idea at this moment in time.
“When it comes to Jones, I know now with all that I’ve accomplished, I don’t need that fight,” Cormier told mmafighting.com this week.
“I’ll be fine regardless but it will be something we revisit, me and my team, my management and everybody else and we’ll see if it’s something we want to do. Ultimately it will be my decision.
“Things are different. I feel like Jones is competing so many times because he has to try and one, regain the faith of the fans, but also retake his place in the sport and I did that. My place is secure with no question marks, no issues in regards in what I’ve done. It would ultimately be up to me to see what I want to do.”
Cormier went on to suggest that his desire to fight Jones again has faded over time.
“I think at this point in my career and my life, if you ask me these questions three years ago in 2015 after I lost to him the first time, I’d get all kinds of fired up about everything Jon Jones. Now I’m at a different time in my life,” Cormier said. “Maybe I’ve lost faith in the honor of the sport because I feel that if we fight again, at the end of it win or lose, something extra will always be tied to it and I’m not talking about past interactions.
“I’m talking even after this next one, something will happen and it will just ruin it. Even after our last fight, I was ready to move on. Like OK, you got me and look what happened. I guess I just lost faith in everything.”
And of course for the time being Cormier would prefer to focus on his upcoming rematch with Stipe Miocic.
“Right now I’m so focused on Stipe Miocic because here’s the deal. At 205 [pounds], I’m not fighting guys like Volkan Oezdemir anymore, no disrespect to Volkan or Anthony Smith or Thiago Santos. I’m fighting the greatest heavyweight of all time. I think I need to be solely focused on that right now.”
