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Daniel Cormier, Jon Jones will never be friends but both admit mutual respect for each other

Daniel Cormier knows his career will always be attached to Jon Jones in some way, form, or fashion.

Their heated rivalry exploded into a brawl in the middle of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and provided numerous volatile exchanges during press conferences and interviews, not to mention a pair of fights that reportedly sold more than 1.6 million pay-per-views combined.

Now as Cormier prepares for the final fight of his legendary career on Aug. 15, he’s largely put Jones behind him because the former two-division UFC champion understands that they will never meet again.