Fighting on the UFC’s showroom floor (PPV) is all about compromise, of course, and anybody who tells you otherwise is a fibber. Jon Jones turned the light heavyweight division into a bunch of has-beens by becoming the most dominant champion of his half-era, yet right now -- just when the spotlight was supposed to be on him -- he’s tucked away some place searching for his soul. Jones was on tonight’s UFC 187 mega-event, then off. These things happen.
The compromise was getting Daniel Cormier, who was training for a fight with Ryan Bader when his fortunes changed for the better.