The highly anticipated rematch is on as Champion Daniel Cormier will defend his title against Jon Jones on July 29 in Anaheim.
According to Washington Post, the UFC made this announcement during a wild summer kickoff news conference.
The news conference featured a number of other fight announcements, but none was bigger than the rescheduling of Cormier-Jones.
The tension between the two has been thick for several years and bubbled over once again during the news conference.
“He never beat me and that belt he has over there is an imaginary belt,” Jones said in the opening minutes of the news conference.
Jones was stripped of the title in April 2015 and suspended indefinitely in connection with a hit-and-run incident he was involved in. Cormier — who lost to Jones at UFC 182 in January 2015 — claimed the vacant title by beating Anthony Johnson at UFC 187.
“I messed up on my own,” Jones said. “In order to be the champion, you have to beat the champion. Until he beats me, that belt he has is a piece of [expletive].”
“He said he’s back, but is he back? Doesn’t he still have two more months of his suspension left? Are you back, junkie?” Cormier shot back. “You know what’s the beauty about the competitor in me? I already forgot about [the loss] and I’m about to whoop your punk ass.”
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