Chael Sonnen is backing up his ESPN co-host’s choice to depart Jon Jones off his MMA GOAT record.
Throughout a current look on Club Shay Shay, Daniel Cormier excluded ‘Bones’ from his all-time record of best blended martial artists, citing Jones’ historical past of banned substance abuse as the important thing cause for his exclusion.
Jones was fast to touch upon Cormier’s feedback, writing on X: “When DC tells his story, someway I’m all the time the co-star.” Nonetheless, Cormier’s Good Man/Dangerous Man co-star was fast to return to Cormier’s protection.
“Everyone goes down that street the place they cheat the foundations ’trigger they someplace had the insecurity,” Sonnen said. “They someplace needed an edge after which they arrive again, go ‘However I may have performed it anyway.’ Properly, possibly you didn’t assume you could possibly. For those who thought you could possibly, you’ll’ve not put an artificial chemical substance into your ass.
“Jon actually will get upset about that. He doesn’t deny the hit-and-runs. He doesn’t deny the cocaine allegations. That’s the one which bothers him — the picogram and the couple of failed exams. I do consider Jon may’ve been champ of the world with out steroids, however someplace inside him, sooner or later, he doubted that, and that’s the life he selected.”
There’s no denying that Cormier still holds some personal animosity towards Jones. In spite of everything, two of Jones’ optimistic exams got here both straight earlier than or after their scheduled fights contained in the Octagon.
The primary occurred lower than a month forward of their scrapped rematch at UFC 200. ‘Bones’ was finally suspended for one yr by the Nevada State Athletic Fee and was promptly stripped of the interim mild heavyweight championship.
On July 29, 2017, Jones and ‘DC’ lastly met contained in the Octagon for the second time at UFC 214. ‘Bones’ gained the battle by way of a third-round TKO, although the end result was later overturned after it was revealed that Jones examined optimistic for Turinabol, an anabolic steroid, instantly following weigh-ins.
The sunshine heavyweight title was then taken from Jones and handed again to Cormier.
Cormier went on to etch his identify within the historical past books, changing into certainly one of simply 4 fighters to carry two UFC titles on the similar time. However regardless of all his success, it’s clear that his two losses in opposition to Jones nonetheless dwell rent-free in his head.
