As you know by now, the main event of UFC 200, which was to put Jon Jones against Daniel Cormier for the second time, has been cancelled because of a failed drug test on Jones’ part. While they still have not clarified exactly what he has tested positive for, Jones denied using any PED’s and claims to not be sure how he could’ve tested positive for anything. Regardless, in the mean time the fight was put off and Dana White had the task of delivering the bad news to Cormier, who had been training months for this fight.
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Cormier is getting up there in age (37) and was scheduled to make a huge payday for the fight with Jones. Now that the fight is cancelled, it also likely cancelled any chance that Cormier would have a fight as big as this. You can see his emotions take control of him as White delivers the news.
You can even hear Cormier ask if he can sign a waiver and just fight Jones anyway because he knows what this would’ve meant to his career.
UFC did the best they could given the situation and found a suitable replacement for the fight in Anderson Silva, but the hype and money that was surrounding Cormier/Jones is long gone now.
