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‘If I really wanted to…’ Jon Jones blasts Daniel Cormier for UFC rival’s ‘rent free’ comments

Originally posted on Bloody Elbow
By Christopher De Santiago | Last updated Aug 22, 2025 10:28 PM ET

Jon Jones responded to Daniel Cormier, just as his biggest rival had expected.

It’s been seven years since Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier last shared the UFC Octagon and the two fighting legends are still going at it.

The rivalry between Jones and Cormier reached its climax in 2017 when Jones closed their series out at 2-0, TKO’ing Cormier in their UFC 214 rematch with a head kick and punches to reclaim the UFC Light Heavyweight title he never lost to anyone.

Of course, the win has since been stripped from Jones’ record and overturned to a no-contest after Jones tested positive for the steroid Turinabol.

The retired Cormier recently called out Jones, saying how he didn’t ‘need to cheat’ because of his skills and natural gifts, including his unreal 84.5 inch reach.

Jones wasn’t too happy with these comments, nor was he with Cormier snubbing him from his MMA Mount Rushmore.

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Jon Jones claps back at Daniel Cormier saying he doesn’t care about him

Jones usually has something to say if he hears Cormier talk about him in the media.

This week, Cormier caught his former foe’s attention with this sound bite.

“You don’t need to cheat,” Cormier said of Jones on Club Shay Shay (h/t: Championship Rounds).

“You got all that. Keep that. Use what you have…

“He always gets mad at me,” Cormier said of Jones.

“He’s gonna be on me now for this…

“Oh, I live [rent free]…” Cormier mocked Jones with a voice.

“The other day, he said he lived rent free in my house, in my brain, or something like that. I’m like, man… shut up. I don’t care about you,” Cormier added.

Jon Jones continues to go at Daniel Cormier via IG

"I didn't say I lived at your house, even though I could if I really wanted to. I said I built a mansion in your head, rent free."

@ClubShayShay pic.twitter.com/6KT5sj2h46
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) August 22, 2025

Jones responded to Cormier on Instagram.

“I didn’t say I lived at your house, even though I could if I really wanted to,” Jones wrote on Friday.

“I said I built a mansion in your head, rent free.

“If you want your story to shine, stop putting my name on the cover every month. Just a thought,” said Jones.

Some of Daniel Cormier’s hottest takes are about Jon Jones

Since he retired from the UFC in 2020, Daniel Cormier has found much success in MMA media.

Cormier has nearly 500,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel for his interviews and analysis on fighters in the sport.

Some of Cormier’s top-performing videos are the former two-division champion talking about his former foe Jones and his last chapter at heavyweight.

Cormier’s reaction to Jones’ retirement racked up over half a million views on his channel.

‘DC’ has multiple videos responding to Jones that each did close to 300,000 views. Talking about his greatest UFC foe should have generated a decent amount of ad revenue.

This article first appeared on Bloody Elbow and was syndicated with permission.

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