It was recently revealed that former two-division UFC champion Jon Jones is suffering from arthritis in his hip putting the possibility of fighting again in jeopardy. Jones rival and fellow former two-division titleholder Daniel Cormier believes Jones purposely let the news leak but also believes Jones’ fighting career is likely over.
Jones was filmed discussing his medical condition but he maintains that he did not know he was being recorded. Cormier doesn’t believe that for a minute.
“To be honest, it’s hard not to know that you’re on video. So, I believe that information like that, that if it’s that close to the chest, you don’t share it with a random either. I don’t know that anything he does isn’t intended to be taken in the way that it’s taken. It feels like everything he does has a purpose. So, I don’t believe it and I don’t think you should because I don’t think that he was unaware of the video,” Cormier said on his YouTube channel.
“I think Jon Jones knew what he was doing. I think that he wanted people to know that’s he’s injured and I think that’s exactly the way that he wanted it to happen by giving it to an influencer. And that influencer then put it on the internet and then you can claim ignorance and go, ‘Oh my God, I got caught.’ Not true.”
Jones was recorded with Meta glasses. Cormier pointed out that there’s a light on the side of the glasses that comes on when recording. Jones also owns a pair of Meta glasses. Despite not believing Jones, someone who has spent most of his life in the public spotlight, about not knowing he was being recorded, Cormier does believe “Bones” is telling the truth about the arthritis.
“I’ve long said that I didn’t think that Jon Jones is a great athlete. I’ve said that for a long time and then it was almost furthered whenever we were in that event that we just did. But I think for the first time I actually believe that he might have some true issues with is hips because I was watching him play football at that celebrity thing and when Dwight Howard ran past him, there’s no way that he was actually trying and Dwight Howard was able to go past him like that. And then he was running in the way that he was running,” Cormier said.
“I believe Jon Jones is hurt, and I believe Jon Jones really is dealing with sustained, with injuries from a long sustained career in combat sports where knees and elbows and kicks were such a massive part of his game, the wrestling,” continued Cormier. “That was the video that made me believe that Jon Jones doesn’t have anything left in that regard.
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