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Daniel Cormier: Heavy weightlifting will 'slow down' Jon Jones

The UFC champion says his predecessor and arch enemy messes with his "perfect" athleticism by starting to lift heavy weights.

Let's be honest, neither Daniel Cormier nor Jon Jones look like your typical model athlete. One is too small and a bit chubby for the weight class, the other one long and lanky. However, both men captured UFC gold, Cormier has been captain of the US Olympic Wrestling Team, and Jones is still considered to be the best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet.

So why change anything?

UFC champion Cormier asked himself the same question when he got wind that Jones is starting to pack on some serious muscle and power, by implementing heavy weight training into his preparation for the first time in his career.