Jon Jones fired back at Daniel Cormier after his longtime rival crowned Khabib Nurmagomedov the UFC’s greatest fighter over the reigning heavyweight champion.
Cormier raised eyebrows during an interview with ALF Global when asked about placing Nurmagomedov ahead of Jones in the GOAT conversation, per BJPenn.com. The former two-division champion pointed to Jones’s lone disqualification loss as evidence of imperfection. “Jon Jones, for as good as he is, has one loss. Why? Because he made a mistake,” Cormier said. “Khabib dominated and never made a mistake.”
Jones Fires Back At Former Rival
Jones responded in an Instagram comment that questioned Cormier’s motives. The heavyweight titleholder explained that the disqualification came early in his career when he was unfamiliar with certain rules. “I started in the UFC so early that I didn’t even know what the rules were,” Jones wrote, according to the report. He then accused Cormier of harboring jealousy that runs “so deep through your blood,” adding that he would pray for the former champion to heal from his envy.
The rivalry between Jones and Cormier reignited after the two former champions coached opposite each other on a Russian version of The Ultimate Fighter. Jones recently claimed Cormier told him their feud was worth too much money to end, which Cormier denied in a YouTube video.
Cormier and Nurmagomedov entered the UFC Hall of Fame together in 2022. Jones is expected to join them after his retirement, which he announced in 2025.
Khabib has 3 title defenses and won his belt from 10th ranked Al Iaquinta
Jon Jones has 13 title defenses and won his belt from UFC Champ MaurĂcio Rua
Get fucking real dude.
Khabib could come back and redo his entire career, and then come back and redo his original career a third time, then come back and redo his original career a fourth time and STILL BE 1 title defense short of Jon Jones.
It’s not even just title wins. Outside those 4 title wins he only has 1 top 5 win maybe 1 other top 10 win. There’s probably 40 guys in UFC who have that many wins. Maybe even like 60+ guys.
His streak of 13 wins.. puts him at number 5 but shared with 4 other people (can call it number 9 then really).
Khabib has one mention on here and it’s his streak.
GSP is on there 10x. Jones 5x. Silva 6x.
Not because khabib is a bum but because his career at the top was so short. The difference between great and all time great is longevity at the top and khabib quit before he proved that and that’s why he’ll always be a great fighter and never a GOAT contender.
Exactly correct.
Khabib shows up once on the entire page and is like tied for 4th or 5th place on “longest streak”
Khabib is an awesome fighter, he certainly had some potential to go for a goat career, but he just didnt.
Now he is a great coach and seems like a good dude, but he just didnt do it.
Why did Jones feel the need to take steroids? He also has a non-contest because he got caught cheating. How many losses became wins because he didn’t get caught? He also has, at the least, one loss that was a gift decision.
Why you always bringing up old shit.