UFC 165′s Jon Jones talks about issues with ‘not relevant to me’ Daniel Cormier

BAD MMA News — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 03:00:00 +0000

LOS ANGELES – At UFC 165, UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones is scheduled to fight Alexander Gustafsson , after which he may or may not try his hand in the heavyweight division. Although he doesn’t want to talk about it, he already has a problem with someone in that class: Daniel Cormier . Asked what he thought of Cormier’s recent request to cut the line for a shot at the light-heavy title if successful against Roy Nelson , Jones said: “DC is a guy who really wants to be famous. I don’t think he wants to work hard. I think he just wants to be famous. You can see it in his physique; you can see it in his card.” Jones then paused, obviously irked by the question. “He’s trying to get his Twitter followers up,” the 26-year-old champ said. “That’s about it.” It’s hard to pinpoint exactly where the conflict between the fighters arose, but Cormier (12-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) has been vocal about a fight against Jones (18-1 MMA, 12-1 UFC), who’s been dismissive of the possibility. But that hasn’t kept Jones from taking shots at Cormier on Twitter. In May, he tweeted, “Someone ask DC when his diet starts #Wolftickets,” which prompted Cormier to offer an on-the-spot fight at 220 pounds. Today as part of the UFC’s current “World Tour” at Club Nokia at L.A.

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Jake Ellenberger to Rory MacDonald: “Prepare for Some Horizontal Television Time”

BAD MMA News — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:15:49 +0000

UFC welterweight Jake Ellenberger has recently gone after his UFC on Fox 8 opponent Rory MacDonald via Twitter. He has referred to MacDonald as “McDummy,” called the Canadian an idiot, and asked his followers, “Which round is Rory getting melted?” MacDonald fired back questioning Ellenberger’s chin and promising to send Ellenberger back to reality. Ellenberger was asked about his Twitter attacks during a media conference call on Tuesday promoting the July 27 UFC on Fox 8 event. “I haven’t said anything that wasn’t true and my message to Rory is pretty clear: start tasting some flavors of baby food and find one you like and stock up because this isn’t a Tears for Fears lookalike contest,” he said. “All I said is for him to prepare for some horizontal television time, and I meant it.” Confident, Ellenberger is excited for the match-up and doesn’t think the 23-year-old MacDonald has ever faced anyone like him. “I’m going out there to perform and to win. Rory doesn’t have a choice where this fight goes. This fight goes where I want it to go, and I’ve shown that in past fights,” said Ellenberger. “He has shown that he has potential, but he has not faced anybody like me. I’m stoked to get in there.” On Twitter, Ellenberger stated that it was a bad idea for MacDonald to accept a fight with him and he continued with that stance on the conference call. “I’m an evidence-based abuser,” he said. “I didn’t make him make the stupid decision to fight me. I’m just going to make him look stupid when I destroy him.” Be sure to Like MMAWeekly.com on Facebook and Follow @MMAWeeklycom on Twitter .

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UFC 165′s Jon Jones talks about issues with ‘not relevant to me’ Daniel Cormier

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