D. Cormier (photo) faces J. Jones this Saturday (03). Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
Last August, the fight between Jon Jones e Daniel Cormier at a promotional event in Las Vegas (USA) it was the most talked about topic in the MMA world. The confusion made headlines, caught the public's attention and intensified the rivalry between champion and challenger. Now, about to finally settle the score with Jones inside the octagon, Cormier surprised by saying that he doesn't mind repeating the controversial mess with his rival in the week before UFC 182.
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“I'd rather wait until Saturday, but it's fine with me if we have to fight before, on Friday,” said Cormier, in an interview with the program “America's Pregame”, on the North American channel FOX Sports 1. “I don't know what It will happen at the weigh-in, but I'm a guy who does things based on what my heart tells me. Whatever has to happen will happen. I'll be ready to fight or whatever happens there. You need to control your emotions. Why fight on Friday when you only have 24 hours left before we are allowed to fight? Right now, my intention is to walk the line and be professional. It will be good to see Jon Jones acting like this. As he says, we swim with the current, it’s just a matter of deciding how we’re going to do things”, he added.
This Saturday (03), after months of expectation, Jon Jones e Daniel Cormier will find themselves face to face in the octagon for the main fight of UFC 182. The event, which opens the 2015 calendar of the largest MMA organization on the planet, takes place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas (USA).
Check out the full UFC 182 card below:
MAIN CARD
Light heavyweight (up to 93 kg): Jon Jones x Daniel Cormier;
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Donald Cerrone x Myles Jury;
Average weight (up to 84 kg): Brad Tavares x Nate Marquardt;
Flyweight (up to 57 kg): Louis Gaudinot x Kyoji Horiguchi;
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Hector Lombard x Josh Burkman;
PRELIMINARY CARD
Lightweight (up to 70,3 kg): Danny Castillo x Paul felder;
Bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg): Marcus Brimage x cody garbrandt;
Heavyweight (up to 120 kg): Shawn Jordan x Jared Cannonier;
Light weight (up to 70,3 kg): Evan dunham x Rodrigo Damm;
Welterweight (up to 77,1 kg): Mats Nilsson x Omari Akhmedov;
Bantamweight (up to 61,2 kg): Alexis Dufresne x Marion Reneau.
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