UFC legend Daniel Cormier has his view of Jones' controversial decision to retire.
The MMA community is still in hot discussion about the important development in the heavyweight division after Dana White announced that Jones had retired.
Jones' avoidance of Tom Aspinall and the uniting heavyweight titles did not falter during a period of 19 months of the weight class with two champions. That resulted in considerable criticism and even a viral petition in which the UFC was called to strip Jones.
And it was not only the fan base that was frustrated by the delay in Jones who made his decision officer.
Among the hunters and analysts who had also taken the position of the legend, Daniel Cormier, who gave an expected strong response to the pension of his bitter rival.
Daniel Cormier makes U-turn on the claim of Jon Jones 'Quitter'
The most important collection meal was Cormier who suggested “stopped” by “ending his matte heavyweight reign and retiring before fighting Asinall.
But it didn't take long before 'DC' reconsider his opinion.
During a recent episode of his Good Guy/Bad Guy show next to Chael Sonen, Cormier admitted that he had made a U-turn on his 'quitter' claim.
“My immediate response to Jon Jones was,” If Jon Jones did not fight this guy, he stopped. ” I said that because I thought he had to fight with this guy.
“I have softened in recent days because of everything you generally look at in terms of the career of Jon Jones.
“I gave him his flowers in this respect – he has span three generations, Chael. He went through that first generation, after which he went through our generation, then he defeated Dominick Reyes and Anthony Smith and Thiago Santos of the next generation, Ciryl Gane.
“Him and I have a whole history of ups and downs … But if you look at it in general, it was greatness from the moment he walked into the octagon. How many people can have that level of quantity for that amount of time?”
Cormier, however, stated that he will not change his opinion about the disappointing way in which Jones dealt with in sport in the last months of his career.
Daniel Cormier will always respect Jon Jones for one reason
Cormier was undoubtedly the biggest rival of Jones's long career. In fact, not many arguments have been heated as heated as theirs.
Nevertheless, 'DC' ESPN's Brett Okamoto said that he will always respect Jones when it comes to his Cage skills.
“Apart from everything else, all things outside the octhoek, he won every time he was fighting a man, one-on-one and he hit me in Anaheim, Brett.
“I can tell you this without a doubt. I defeated Stipe Miocic, I became the StrikeForce heavyweight champion, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. I was never better than that time in Anaheim.
“That was the best I have ever been and he hit me, and that's why I will always respect him because of his skills and what he did in the Octagon. In that eight-sided fence there was no one like him.”
With Jones retiring, the heavyweight division continues with Aspinall as its newly crowned undisputed king.