MRV
11-09-2012, 09:31
Dit kon je al een tijdje zien aankomen, maar toch... Lijkt mij een pracht match up!! Ondanks zijn reach voordeel, ben ik giga benieuwd hoe JJ het doet tegen een superieure worstelaar.
Sep 10, 2012 - Daniel Cormier (http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/128882/daniel-cormier) and, to a lesser extent, Jon Jones (http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122514/jon-jones) both have a problem. For Cormier, the 33-year-old's future in the UFC heavyweight division is fuzzy due to the likelihood of his good friend and training partner, Cain Velasquez (http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122504/cain-velasquez), hanging around the top of the division for the next several years. Given the lack of depth at heavyweight, the notion that the two teammates' paths would never cross seems like wishful thinking.
As for Jones, after roaring through the gauntlet in 2011, the young champion's list of marketable challengers is fast dwindling, to the point where Lyoto Machida (http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122516/lyoto-machida) was already set to kick off the rematch train had UFC 151's (http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fight-card/97820/ufc-151-jones-vs-henderson) cancellation never taken place.
Well, now Cormier has devised a way to kill two birds with one stone.
"I know a situation that helps out everyone," the Strikeforce champ said in an interview with Bloody Elbow (http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/9/7/3300549/ufc-daniel-cormier-jon-jones-dana-white-cain-velasquez-junior-dos-santos). "Give Jon a challenge that he doesn't get from most guys, and that's something that I present. Hopefully, him and I get through our next fight. At the beginning of the year, let us coach the next season of The Ultimate Fighter. That gives me time to actually get my weight down, and in the summer time, we fight. How does that sound?
"Jon's a good wrestler, but I've wrestled at a different level. I'm gonna pressure him. I'm gonna take him down. I think it would be great for everybody, all around. I can tell you with 100% confidence in myself and in my ability, that if I was to fight him, or anyone else in the world, at some point in that fight, if I decide to put them on their back, I'm putting them on their back."
Cormier, a late arrival to MMA, went on to say that at his age, the most important thing left is to have big fights. He believes Jones to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world right now, and after walking around at 229 pounds for his last camp, the former Olympian considers himself a viable contender in two different divisions. If he has to cut some weight, hey, he'll cut the weight.
Sep 10, 2012 - Daniel Cormier (http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/128882/daniel-cormier) and, to a lesser extent, Jon Jones (http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122514/jon-jones) both have a problem. For Cormier, the 33-year-old's future in the UFC heavyweight division is fuzzy due to the likelihood of his good friend and training partner, Cain Velasquez (http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122504/cain-velasquez), hanging around the top of the division for the next several years. Given the lack of depth at heavyweight, the notion that the two teammates' paths would never cross seems like wishful thinking.
As for Jones, after roaring through the gauntlet in 2011, the young champion's list of marketable challengers is fast dwindling, to the point where Lyoto Machida (http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fighter/122516/lyoto-machida) was already set to kick off the rematch train had UFC 151's (http://www.sbnation.com/mma/fight-card/97820/ufc-151-jones-vs-henderson) cancellation never taken place.
Well, now Cormier has devised a way to kill two birds with one stone.
"I know a situation that helps out everyone," the Strikeforce champ said in an interview with Bloody Elbow (http://www.bloodyelbow.com/2012/9/7/3300549/ufc-daniel-cormier-jon-jones-dana-white-cain-velasquez-junior-dos-santos). "Give Jon a challenge that he doesn't get from most guys, and that's something that I present. Hopefully, him and I get through our next fight. At the beginning of the year, let us coach the next season of The Ultimate Fighter. That gives me time to actually get my weight down, and in the summer time, we fight. How does that sound?
"Jon's a good wrestler, but I've wrestled at a different level. I'm gonna pressure him. I'm gonna take him down. I think it would be great for everybody, all around. I can tell you with 100% confidence in myself and in my ability, that if I was to fight him, or anyone else in the world, at some point in that fight, if I decide to put them on their back, I'm putting them on their back."
Cormier, a late arrival to MMA, went on to say that at his age, the most important thing left is to have big fights. He believes Jones to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world right now, and after walking around at 229 pounds for his last camp, the former Olympian considers himself a viable contender in two different divisions. If he has to cut some weight, hey, he'll cut the weight.