Overview

• Speaking on ESPN’s Good Guy/Bad Guy, Daniel Cormier praised Jon Jones’s in-cage brilliance yet reaffirmed that failed drug tests keep Jones off his personal MMA Mount Rushmore.
• Cormier said Jones is “so weird” for zeroing in on criticism despite extended praise of his abilities and fight IQ.
• Jon Jones answered on social media that it is insulting to write off his career as steroids, pointing to his championships and milestones.
• Cormier said he likes Jones’s push to be called the “Forever Champion,” though he added the label is unlikely to be adopted.
• Bloody Elbow reported that Dana White rejected Jones’s bid to appear on a planned UFC White House card due to trust concerns.