UFC: Daniel Cormier says third match against Jon Jones possible

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Bengaluru, August 15: For the first time since his light heavyweight championship loss to Jon Jones in their UFC 214 rematch, Daniel Cormier spoke openly and said on Monday (August 14) he plans to fight on and could face the Bones for the third time.

Cormier, was most recently a guest on 'The MMA Hour', where he stated of his plans to sit out the rest of 2017 to recover and spend time with his family.

On his return to the octagon, Cormier intends for a third fight against Jones despite two emphatic defeats.

"Not only am I going to fight again, but I do believe that Jon Jones and I will fight again," Cormier said.

"So, of course I have a desire to fight, and I believe that him and I will compete again before it's all said and done."

"I don't know exactly what path leads back to a fight with Jones, but I anticipate he'll be the champion and I don't believe anyone else in this division can compete with me," DC said.

Cormier added, "So, after I win enough fights, I believe that we'll fight again. Also, we make money together, and when you make money together, the UFC is usually pretty open to making those matches."

Cormier described the second loss to Jones has very difficult to digest and isn't aggrieved about the unsympathetic reaction on social media to his emotional breakdown inside the Octagon after the fight.

"I would expect [people] to say, 'You know what, man, this guy wears his heart on his sleeve,'" Cormier said.

The support DC received from celebrity friends everyone from Charles Barkley to Andre Ward has helped him through it.

"But the silver lining is - I mean, it's great that people are supporting me, but the silver lining does not erase the bottom line."

The former light heavyweight champion further added, "The bottom line is that I didn't get the job done, and that's what sticks with me. So those are the things that I have to go back and work on, not really from a fighting standpoint, but just from a 'me kinda living my life' standpoint."

"At the end of the day, I have to accept that I did not get the job done, and I'm going to have to do something very special to get the opportunity to do it again, and I'm going to. I am honestly going to work to find a way to get myself locked back into the Octagon with that man. I have to."

For Cormier, retirement was never an option and loves the competition.

"Why would I stop fighting?" Cormier said.

"I feel like I still love the competition more than anything. That's really what's driving me. When I don't have competition, I'm not in something like that, I'm miserable, man. I love to compete. I love to be in the environment."

(Quotes credit: MMA Hour)