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# 3 Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier
At the start of this rivalry, Jon Jones was the all-conquering Light heavyweight champion who had made seven consecutive title defense and in the process had defeated some real legends in his division, the likes of Mauricio Rua, Lyoto Machida, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, etc.
Daniel Cormier meanwhile stood out as one of the top contenders with his background in high-level freestyle wrestling coming in handy.
UFC scheduled the first meeting between these two after Alexander Gustafsson pulled out from a rematch against Jon Jones after suffering a torn meniscus.
While Jon Jones won both times over Daniel Cormier, the build-up to their bouts was always spicy with Jones and Cormier shoving each other by the neck at a face-off before their first fight at UFC 178.
“I beat you after a weekend of cocaine”, was the pick of the trash talks before their second bout at UFC 214 where Jon would end up stopping DC via a head kick and flurry of punches to finish him.
The Nevada State Athletic Commission would overturn the results of the second fight after Jones would test positive for turinabol.
This would lead to a 15 month suspension by USADA for Jones while also being stripped of the title for the third time.
UFC reassigned Daniel Cormier as champion and he would become the second “Champ-Champ” for the promotion as he defeated Stipe Miocic for the Light Heavyweight strap.
Jon Jones meanwhile returned from his suspension to regain his status as champion in a return fight against Alexander Gustafson at UFC 232 and has defended the title twice since.
We may never get to see them fight again considering DC’s aspirations of fighting Stipe Miocic for the heavyweight belt in what should be his retirement fight.
