Jones (right) and Cormier (left) face each other in July. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
The suspense is over. After more than a week of indecision and many problems, which culminated in the exclusion of Conor McGregor and later from Nate diaz card, UFC 200 finally has a new main fight. Is the new main event it will also be a rematch. President Dana White announced that Jon Jones x Daniel Cormier 2 will headline the card on July 9th.
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The announcement was made by the director during his appearance on the program “Good Morning America”, on the North American channel ABC, this Wednesday morning (27). “UFC 200 has been interesting, to say the least. There have been a lot of crazy things lately. Jon Jones put up a great fight against Ovince St Preux, and now he wants his light heavyweight title back. So, we're here to announce that the main fight of UFC 200 will be Jon Jones x Daniel Cormier”, said the leader.
Jones and Cormier were scheduled to face each other last Saturday (23), in the main fight of UFC 197, but the champion ended up getting injured and was cut from the duel weeks before it took place. With that, “Bones” faced Ovince St Preux and prevailed to win the interim title in the 93 kg division.
In their first meeting, in January 2015, Jones, who at the time was still the lineal light heavyweight champion, beat Cormier in a unanimous decision by the judges. The fight became one of the most anticipated among MMA fans due to the feud between the athletes, which came to blows in a historic mess during a promotional event.
UFC 200 takes place on July 9th, at the brand new “T-Mobile Arena”, in Las Vegas (USA). In addition to the main fight between Jones and Cormier, which will see the unification of the interim and linear light heavyweight belts, the event will feature two other title fights: Miesha Tate x Amanda nunes, in women's bantamweight, and José Aldo x Frankie Edgar 2, for the interim featherweight belt.
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