UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones sustained a leg injury in training, putting plans for the much-anticipated UFC 178 title bout between "Bones" and No. 1 contender Daniel Cormier on hold. Cormier will now get his title shot against Jones, 27, on Jan. 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The main event for UFC 178 on Sept. 27 has been changed to a UFC flyweight title showdown between Demetrious "Mighty Mouse" Johnson and Chris Cariaso, which was previously slotted as the co-main event for UFC 177 in Sacramento on Aug. 30.
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Jon Jones Injured; Out Of UFC 178 Main Event *Updates*
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Daniel Cormier Disappointed; Responds to Jones News
Understandably disappointed by the postponement of his light heavyweight title fight from Sept. 27 to Jan. 3 due to an injury suffered by champion Jon Jones, challenger Daniel Cormier quickly realized that things could have been worse.
“There were a lot of questions when I initially heard that he was out of the fight,” Cormier told FOX Sports 1’s Mike Hill on Tuesday’s edition of America’s Pregame. “Remember, I replaced Alexander Gustafsson (at UFC 178), so when I heard that Jon was hurt and him and Gustafsson are now on the same schedule in order to be healthy, my first question was 'I don't have to go behind Gustafsson again now, right?'”
He won’t have to go back in line, as UFC Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta made it clear to “DC” that he will be the next man to face Jones in the Octagon.
“I was very concerned about that,” Cormier said. “I didn't want to lose my place in line.”
Stepping in on short notice to face Jones after an injury to the champion’s original September opponent, Sweden’s Gustafsson, Cormier pushed aside a nagging knee injury of his own to accept the fight with the New Yorker, and the bad blood between the two quickly escalated.
From trash talk to an impromptu brawl at a media event in Las Vegas, the UFC 178 main event became the most highly-anticipated fight in recent history, and while it will now shift to January after Jones went down with a leg injury, Cormier couldn’t help getting a jab in at his opponent Tuesday.
“It (the postponement) can be a blessing, but I would be outside of myself to not say that I went into this fight knowing that my knee was pretty jacked up and I was gonna fight through it to get a title,” he said. “I don't think he (Jones) is ducking me. I said from the beginning that Jon Jones isn't afraid of anyone…I'm saying tough it out sometimes; sometimes you gotta just tough it out and go in there and fight.”
In the meantime, it’s back to the gym for Cormier, who revealed that fellow light heavyweight contender Phil Davis has been working with him to get ready for the biggest fight of his career.
“Now I reshift, I refocus,” Cormier said. “I focus on the task at hand, which is fighting Jon Jones. It's disappointing, but I'm a person who likes to look at the positive, and the positives are that I have a full training camp to get myself together and get my team ready for a big fight like this.”
Understandably disappointed by the postponement of his light heavyweight title fight from Sept. 27 to Jan. 3 due to an injury suffered by champion Jon Jones, challenger Daniel Cormier quickly realized that things could have been worse.
“There were a lot of questions when I initially heard that he was out of the fight,” Cormier told FOX Sports 1’s Mike Hill on Tuesday’s edition of America’s Pregame. “Remember, I replaced Alexander Gustafsson (at UFC 178), so when I heard that Jon was hurt and him and Gustafsson are now on the same schedule in order to be healthy, my first question was 'I don't have to go behind Gustafsson again now, right?'”
He won’t have to go back in line, as UFC Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta made it clear to “DC” that he will be the next man to face Jones in the Octagon.
“I was very concerned about that,” Cormier said. “I didn't want to lose my place in line.”
Stepping in on short notice to face Jones after an injury to the champion’s original September opponent, Sweden’s Gustafsson, Cormier pushed aside a nagging knee injury of his own to accept the fight with the New Yorker, and the bad blood between the two quickly escalated.
From trash talk to an impromptu brawl at a media event in Las Vegas, the UFC 178 main event became the most highly-anticipated fight in recent history, and while it will now shift to January after Jones went down with a leg injury, Cormier couldn’t help getting a jab in at his opponent Tuesday.
“It (the postponement) can be a blessing, but I would be outside of myself to not say that I went into this fight knowing that my knee was pretty jacked up and I was gonna fight through it to get a title,” he said. “I don't think he (Jones) is ducking me. I said from the beginning that Jon Jones isn't afraid of anyone…I'm saying tough it out sometimes; sometimes you gotta just tough it out and go in there and fight.”
In the meantime, it’s back to the gym for Cormier, who revealed that fellow light heavyweight contender Phil Davis has been working with him to get ready for the biggest fight of his career.
“Now I reshift, I refocus,” Cormier said. “I focus on the task at hand, which is fighting Jon Jones. It's disappointing, but I'm a person who likes to look at the positive, and the positives are that I have a full training camp to get myself together and get my team ready for a big fight like this.”
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Re: Jon Jones Injured; Out Of UFC 178 Main Event *Updates*
Jon Jones Apologizes to Fans
Injured UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones took to Facebook Wednesday afternoon to apologize to fans who were excited to watch him face off against rival Daniel Cormier at UFC 178 on Sept. 27.
Jones explained in the post that he suffered an injury during training and is set to have surgery on Thursday, forcing him out of the much-anticipated bout with Cormier.
"I'd like to apologize to all the fans who were excited for UFC 178," Jones wrote. "Earlier this week, I suffered an injury while training for the fight. I'm having surgery tomorrow and I'm focused on recovering as quickly as possible. I look forward to getting back in the gym and defending my title on Jan. 3 in Las Vegas."
The Jones-Cormier feud exploded last week with their brawl on stage at a UFC 178 media day event at MGM Grand. The two then went back and forth in several verbal battles on social media and on TV throughout the week. Fans and members of the media were dubbing the matchup between the two as the premier fight of the year, and one of the best grudge matches in recent memory.
Now that Jones and Cormier will settle their differences in an epic main event that will kick off 2015 in Las Vegas, Demetrious Johnson vs. Chris Cariaso for the UFC flyweight title has been moved from its co-main event slot at UFC 177 to the main event of UFC 178 at MGM Grand. Also on the card for UFC 178 are Irish rising superstar Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier and the return of former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz.
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Injured UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones took to Facebook Wednesday afternoon to apologize to fans who were excited to watch him face off against rival Daniel Cormier at UFC 178 on Sept. 27.
Jones explained in the post that he suffered an injury during training and is set to have surgery on Thursday, forcing him out of the much-anticipated bout with Cormier.
"I'd like to apologize to all the fans who were excited for UFC 178," Jones wrote. "Earlier this week, I suffered an injury while training for the fight. I'm having surgery tomorrow and I'm focused on recovering as quickly as possible. I look forward to getting back in the gym and defending my title on Jan. 3 in Las Vegas."
The Jones-Cormier feud exploded last week with their brawl on stage at a UFC 178 media day event at MGM Grand. The two then went back and forth in several verbal battles on social media and on TV throughout the week. Fans and members of the media were dubbing the matchup between the two as the premier fight of the year, and one of the best grudge matches in recent memory.
Now that Jones and Cormier will settle their differences in an epic main event that will kick off 2015 in Las Vegas, Demetrious Johnson vs. Chris Cariaso for the UFC flyweight title has been moved from its co-main event slot at UFC 177 to the main event of UFC 178 at MGM Grand. Also on the card for UFC 178 are Irish rising superstar Conor McGregor vs. Dustin Poirier and the return of former UFC bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz.
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