Жон Жонс ялагдах эрсдэлтэй тулаанд оролцохоос татгалзсан тул Даниел Кормьетой хийх сонирхолтой тулаан цуцлагджээ.
UFC-ийн түүхэн дэх хамгийн ширүүн өрсөлдөгчид болох Даниел Кормье, Жон Жонс нар олон жилийн дараа ч өөрсдийн ривал түүхээ ашиглан ашиг олох боломжтой хэвээр байна. Энэ оны эхээр тэд Оросын MMA реалити шоунд хамтдаа дасгалжуулагчаар ажилласан нь хоёр талын харилцааг дахин сэргээж, улмаар “Real American Freestyle” (RAF) холбооны хүрээнд барилдааны тулаан хийх яриа өрнөхөд хүргэжээ.
Кормьегийн хэлснээр, тэрээр Жонстой барилдааны тулаан хийхээр хэлэлцээр хийсэн боловч Жонс үүнд огт сонирхолгүй байсан аж. Кормье нэгэн байгууллагаас тэдэнд долоон оронтой тооны хөлс бүхий зургаан минутын барилдаан санал болгосон ч Жонс ялагдах магадлалтай ямар ч өрсөлдөөнд орохыг хүсээгүй гэж үзэж байна. Үүний дараа Кормье оноотой барилдаан хийхийг санал болгосон ч Жонс зөвхөн боолтын (submission) техникээр ялагч тодруулах нөхцөлийг тавьж, улмаар тулаан боломжгүй болжээ.
Жон Жонсын хувьд сүүлийн жилүүдэд UFC 309 тэмцээнд Стипе Миочичийг ялсны дараа зодог тайлах шийдвэр гаргаж, улмаар эргэн ирэх хүсэлтэй байгаагаа илэрхийлсэн ч түүний биеийн байдал, тухайлбал түнхний үений хүнд хэлбэрийн үрэвсэл нь спортын карьертаа үргэлжлүүлэн өрсөлдөхөд хүндрэл учруулж байна. Ийнхүү хоёр талын хооронд ямар нэгэн төрлийн тулаан болох магадлал тун бага хэвээр байна.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 26: Dana White (C), UFC President, separates the two fighters Daniel Cormier (L) and Jon Jones during the UFC 214 Press Conference at The Novo by Microsoft July 26, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Daniel Cormier missed out on a massive payday because Jon Jones wasn’t interested. Or at least, that’s what Cormier says.
Cormier and Jones have one of the most heated rivalries in UFC history. Though Jones won both of their fights (the second was later overturned to a no-contest after Jones tested positive for a banned substance), the rivalry was one of the defining matchups of the UFC in the 2010s, so much so that even a decade later, both men are still cashing in on it.
Earlier this year, Cormier and Jones coached opposite each other on the Russian MMA reality TV show ALF, once again igniting their rivalry, and leading Cormier to talk about a possible wrestling match against Jones in Real American Freestyle, the burgeoning wrestling promotion. RAF officials seem interested in booking something like that, but according to Cormier, they had discussions, and Jones wasn’t remotely interested.
“The thing with Jon Jones: it wouldn’t be RAF, because they can’t afford to pay it,” Cormier said in a Q&A session posted to his YouTube channel. “But there’s an organization that offered us both seven figures for a six-minute match. He will not do it. I’m telling you, he will not do it. I’m not lying. I went through the negotiations, and I said, ‘If he wrestles me, I’ll do it. But it’s going to be 10-0. I’m going to tech him.’ But unfortunately, he knows it’s going to be 10-0, so he won’t do it.”
Cormier added that when the wrestling match was shot down, he tried to pivot to a grappling match with Jones, but was again rebuffed.
“So then I said, ‘How about we do a grappling match?’” Cormier said. “He said no, only submissions. I said, ‘Why don’t we do points, right, where we win? I don’t want to be tied at the end.’ ‘No points, only submissions.’ So he won’t do it. He won’t compete with me in anything he thinks there’s a chance that he’d lose in. So, give up on the Jon Jones thing. He’s not going to do it.”
Jones past few years have been puzzling as, after defeating Stipe Miocic in their heavyweight title fight at UFC 309, “Bones” was supposed to unify his title with Tom Aspinall, but ultimately chose to retire instead. He then ended his retirement in the hopes of competing against Alex Pereira at UFC White House, but also revealed he has severe arthritis in his hips, which has hindered any possible comeback, while recently suggesting he still could be interested in a return.
