On Friday night, Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones went back-and-forth on Twitter and seemingly agreed to an unsanctioned fight at Jones' gym in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/660212973407834112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
We spent the whole day refreshing our Twitter feeds to see if the reigning UFC light heavyweight champion actually took the plunge and flew to New Mexico to take Bones up on his challenge.
Then came the update.
DC posted a photo of himself outside the Jackson Wink MMA Academy in Albuquerque, claiming that Jones' team wouldn't let him into the gym to confront his bitter rival.
https://twitter.com/dc_mma/status/660551720632651776
Jones called Cormier out on the suspiciously grainy quality of the photograph, claiming that the picture was photoshopped and that Cormier was nowhere to be seen all afternoon.
https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/660549168423792641
https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/660553468554309634
https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/660553652596162560
https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/660554304571310080
There are anticipated rematches and then there's Jones v Cormier II.
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