Cormier: ‘I have fought higher caliber opponents at this stage than Jones’

Quote :: “I said that I would only take that fight if Cain was UFC
heavyweight champion and I was offered the fight with Jones; that was
the stipulation. I am totally content at staying at heavyweight. My diet
is pretty much whatever I want, I don’t need to cut really any weight
and I still am fast an able to compete with a lot of people in my weight
class, why move from it?
Who I have fought and how I have fought, it says something
about me. That shows that I am content fighting wrestlers, bigger guys,
jiu jitsu guys, all the division has to offer, I’m ok with and ready for
it. When you look at my record at 10-0 as a professional and look at
Jon Jones record when he was 10-0, who was his toughest guy?

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He is correct. It's pretty much impossible to argue that.
Here's where Jones sat at 10 fights:

loss	Matt Hamill	UFC - The Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale Dec / 5 / 2009	DQ (Illegal Downward Elbows) Steve Mazzagatti	1	4:14
win	Jake O'Brien	UFC 100 - Lesnar vs. Mir 2 Jul / 11 / 2009	Submission (Guillotine Choke) Yves Lavigne	2	2:43
win	Stephan Bonnar	UFC 94 - St. Pierre vs. Penn 2 Jan / 31 / 2009	Decision (Unanimous) Steve Mazzagatti	3	5:00
win	Andre Gusmao	UFC 87 - Seek and Destroy Aug / 9 / 2008	Decision (Unanimous) Daryl Guthmiller	3	5:00
win	Moyses Gabin	BCX 5 - Battle Cage Xtreme 5 Jul / 12 / 2008	TKO (Punches) Kevin Mulhall	2	1:58
win	Parker Porter	WCF - World Championship Fighting 3 Jun / 20 / 2008	KO (Punch) N/A	1	0:36
win	Ryan Verrett	USFL - War in the Woods 3 May / 9 / 2008	TKO (Punches) N/A	1	2:58
win	Anthony Pina	ICE Fighter - ICE Fighter Apr / 25 / 2008	Submission (Guillotine Choke) N/A	1	1:15
win	Carlos Eduardo	BCX 4 - Battle Cage Xtreme 4 Apr / 19 / 2008	KO (Punches) Kevin Mulhall	3	0:24
win	Brad Bernard	FFP - Untamed 20 Apr / 12 / 2008	TKO (Punches) N/A	1	1:32

And here is where Cormier sits:

win	Josh Barnett	Strikeforce - Barnett vs. Cormier May / 19 / 2012	Decision (Unanimous) Josh Rosenthal	5	5:00
win	Antonio Silva	Strikeforce - Barnett vs. Kharitonov Sep / 10 / 2011	KO (Punches) Greg Franklin	1	3:56
win	Jeff Monson	Strikeforce - Overeem vs. Werdum Jun / 18 / 2011	Decision (Unanimous) Leon Roberts	3	5:00
win	Devin Cole	Strikeforce - Challengers 13 Jan / 7 / 2011	Decision (Unanimous) Greg Franklin	3	5:00
win	Soa Palelei	XMMA - Xtreme MMA 3 Nov / 5 / 2010	Submission (Punches) N/A	1	0:00
win	Jason Riley	Strikeforce - Houston Aug / 21 / 2010	Submission (Punches) Kerry Hatley	1	1:02
win	Tony Johnson Jr.	KOTC - Imminent Danger Aug / 13 / 2010	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Cecil Peoples	1	2:27
win	Lucas Browne	XMMA 2 - ANZ vs. USA Jul / 31 / 2010	TKO (Punches) Kostas Papaioannou	1	4:35
win	John Devine	Strikeforce - Challengers 7 Mar / 26 / 2010	KO (Punch) N/A	1	1:09
win	Gary Frazier	Strikeforce - Challengers 3 Sep / 25 / 2009	TKO (Punches) Kevin Nix	2	3:39

Cormier really has an itch to fight jones. I hope to see this fight down the road. I actually think cormier could upset jones too.

Gecko wrote:: Cormier really has an itch to fight jones. I hope to see this fight down the road. I actually think cormier could upset jones too.

yes please!