The sight of of two fighters, who weeks, days and hours earlier were spitting venomous fire towards one another, engage in a forgiving embrace after one arm gets raised is something MMA fans are accustomed to.
While this act of chivalry is alleviating it is equally comforting to know that not all fights end with a consoling whisper in the ear, some end with a D-X crotch chop.
The most recent chapter of the Jon Jones/Daniel Cormier saga confirms that their feud is as fierce and real as it has ever been.
Cormier broke his often professional demeanour yesterday after Jones’ jabs regarding his withdrawal from UFC 197 apparently penetrated his weakened defences:
Coward is running from the scene of a crime without checking on person you hurt. Coward is refusing to fight Gustafson. Coward is ufc 151
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 4, 2016
Jon jones I have never been afraid of you or anyone in my entire life. You calling me coward is insane. Your day will come bitch.
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 4, 2016
Jones you can't hurt me, u lunch like a bitch. Ur not winning decision next time. Just don't get ur dumb ass arrested again. Loser junkie
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 4, 2016
O my god jones is cool he took late notice fight, yea I'd fight osp too. I'd do it on 1 day notice. Harder fight you'd tuck ur tail again
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 4, 2016
Remember jones I didn't call u coward when u moved our 1st fight due to injury hypocrite. That's biggest word I'll use when talking to u.
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 5, 2016
Last tweet. Jon ur dumb! Like really dumb. Get off ur high horse and stop riding the white horse. Junkie , I'm gonna rip ur head off!
— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) April 5, 2016
All that before he was countered with a classic Jones response which undoubtedly had “DC” punching even more holes in the walls of his home.
Lol you mad bro?
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) April 5, 2016
https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/717154869052723201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Quite frankly these childish exchanges from behind the screen of a computer while sitting hundreds of miles apart are silly. But what they do is validate the genuine hatred that the two men share for one another. There is no pantomime here.
And whenever this soap opera ends I hope it’s with a cheap taunt stolen from professional wrestling, we have enough happy endings.
