No matter what Daniel Cormier, no matter the breadth of the accomplishment, there was one thing hanging over his head.
Finish the fearsome Anthony Johnson twice? Still couldn’t beat Jon Jones. Win a back-and-forth war over Alexander Gustafsson? Jon Jones defeated him, too. Defend the UFC light heavyweight title three times? Jones did it eight.
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Over the last three years, Cormier has established himself as one of the greatest mixed martial arts fighters to ever grace the UFC Octagon. But the knock on him as always been that he couldn’t even be the best light heavyweight ever, because he unable to beat Jones in two tries.