So, Jon Jones dissed Daniel Cormier on social media by saying that DC is not in the GOAT discussion. This doesn’t really sit well with Cormier and he responded via CBS Radio. Transcription via SBNation…
[Jones] doesn’t have a platform and I refuse to give him a platform. He’s a nobody. He has been suspended again. He’s mired in controversy for drug abuse. Your issues are tied to steroids, performance enhancers. You don’t get a platform when you’re like that. It’s like me glorifying Lance Armstrong.
This whole Jon Jones thing has been marred in controversy and never on my behalf. So I can’t let that dictate how I approach my career in any way, shape or form.
I didn’t do those bad things. I didn’t do steroids. I didn’t get taken out of a fight for steroid abuse once and test positive for steroids a second time. I didn’t get, before the first fight, having rinky-dinky tests to start. There are so many reasons why I shouldn’t be tied to him anymore and I’ve gotten back to the point now where it doesn’t affect me.
What do you think about DC being in the GOAT? Can he be considered if he beats heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic at UFC 226?