After learning That Jon Jones Took A Polygraph Test To Prove His Innocence, Daniel Cormier Says So Did Ted Bundy…
It’s one of the great rivalries of combat sports. Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones have faced each other twice, in career defining contests. However, after testing positive for a banned substance, after UFC 214, Jones was stripped of the Light-Heavyweight title and Cormier was reinstated as champion.
Despite the time that has passed since Jones was charged, USADA have yet to pass judgment on his case. Bear in mind that this is the second time he’s tested positive for a banned substance.That’s not to mention all the other misdemeanours that have held back the career of a man regarded by many as the greatest of all time. He’s facing a four year ban.
In an effort to prove his innocence, Jones has gone as far as taking a polygraph test. He actually passed the lie detector and is using the results to further the case that he unknowingly ingested any performance-enhancing drugs. As you might expect, Cormier is simply not buying it.
No Time For Jones
At the UFC 220 Open Workouts, Cormier made it very clear that he’s sick of everything to do with Jon Jones’s name. He totally disregarded the results of Jones’s polygraph.
“Jon Jones took a polygraph test to prove his innocence,” said Cormier. “And I’m going to say this: Ted Bundy passed a polygraph test and then killed the fucking guy that was giving it to him!”
While Bundy didn’t actually kill that particular individual, he did indeed pass the polygraph test and murdered a lot of other people. Basically, you get the point that Cormier was trying to make. The American Kickboxing Academy fighter and former Olympian is aware that his legacy will always be tainted by his pair of defeats to Jones.
At Peace
‘DC’ has never lost to anybody else. The fact that Jones has been cited for doping after UFC 214 raises questions about the manner of his victory over Cormier at UFC 182, back in 2015. The Loiuisiana native is determined to put the bitter memories of the past behind him. He continued:
“I am so secure and happy in what I’ve done in my career that I don’t need anything else. Someone asked me on the way over here, ‘is this fight a justification, how do I justify my title reign?’ I said I don’t have to. I know what I’ve done, when all is said and done, when I’m long gone, I’ll always have been the UFC champion, and now I’ve been UFC champion for three years. I’m done with justifying. I’m done with that.”
Looking Forward
It is difficult to know what the future holds for Cormier. At 38, he may not have fights left, but he’s still determined to defend his belt into the future. He faces Volkan Oezdemir next at UFC 220, with the winner most likely to defend against Alexander Gustafsson, an opponent Cormier has already defeated.
The Light-Heavyweight division has never been shallower. Many fans haven’t given Cormier the appreciation that he perhaps deserves. You get the feeling that only when he leaves the sport behind will we realise how great a champion he really was. And it’s pretty understandable why he he feels the way he does about Jon ‘Bones’ Jones.
