D. Cormier (photo) has been UFC champion since May 2015. Photo: Disclosure
Over the course of last Sunday, information began to circulate on social media, initially as a rumor, but ended up gaining strength and putting the Ultimate organization on alert for the main fight of UFC 197, between Jon Jones e Daniel Cormier. On Twitter, an internet user said he had caught Cormier limping during a tennis competition. wrestling in the United States and suggested that the light heavyweight champion might be unable to perform on April 23rd.
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“I hope it’s nothing, but I just got a message saying that the Daniel Cormier I was at a wrestling tournament in California and I could barely put my left foot on the ground”, wrote the profile “@talkmma”. The information was later confirmed by the DC team, which, however, tried to deny that the injury was serious or threatened his participation in the fight against Jones.
“It was nothing very serious. He clashed shin to shin during a shot save with Jim Chapman. The place swelled up a lot immediately, but apparently it's no big deal”, revealed a member of the AKA team, to the “Combate” channel website.
Daniel Cormier e Jon Jones They faced each other for the first time in January 2015, with “Bones” winning by unanimous decision from the judges. Jones, however, lost and was stripped of his title as champion and received a suspension from Ultimate after being involved in a traffic accident and fleeing without providing assistance to the victim, a pregnant woman. Reinstated to the Ultimate squad, the former champion challenges Cormier, the current title holder looking to regain the belt.
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