Daniel Cormier wishes champ Jon Jones would have fought through an injury at UFC 178, because he was on track to do the same. Following news of Jones’ injury withdrawal from the Sept. 27 pay-per-view event, Cormier told FOX Sports 1’s “America’s Pregame” that an existing knee injury he previously downplayed was fairly serious. “I would be outside of myself to not say I went into this fight knowing my knee was pretty jacked up, and I was going to fight through it to get a title,” he said. Sources close to the promotion told MMAjunkie that Jones suffered a torn meniscus and a sprained ankle during a wrestling practice and was forced to bow out of the grudge match with Cormier, which was scheduled to headline UFC 178. The event is now fronted by a flyweight title bout between champ Demetrious Johnson and Chris Cariaso.
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Daniel Cormier: I was going to fight Jon Jones with a jacked knee – MMA Junkie