Jon Jones vs. Daniel Cormier 2 Happened on Friday… on Twitter

Now that Jon Jones has been cleared for a return to the Octagon, it’s not secret that his first fight back is going to be a challenge of current UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier.

Cormier took the belt in a battle with Anthony Johnson and then defended it against Alexander Gustafsson, after Jones was stripped of the title and left to work out his legal entanglements related to a felony hit-and-run charge in New Mexico.

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Jones has since been reinstated and made no bones (pun intended) about wanting to immediately fight for the belt. Cormier also is not denying that Jones should be afforded that opportunity. The only real point of contention is when and where they will rematch.

With no love lost for each other, the Jones and Cormier had a battle of sorts on Friday, as Jones called Cormier out, saying he’d fight him anytime, anywhere. You can imagine how it escalated from there, as Twitter wars gain traction rather quickly.

Honestly I’d fight Daniel in the OSU wrestling room. John Smith can be our referee. Just trying to take back what’s mine

— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) October 30, 2015

Perfect Daniel, I’ll be at Jackson’s MMA grand opening this Saturday Oct 31st if you want to stop by. #BringyourKleenex

— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) October 30, 2015

Jon boy I’ll be there! I’m a man I don’t playing games. See u Saturday! @JonnyBones

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) October 30, 2015

Awesome, I’ll be waiting. 301 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102

— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) October 30, 2015

I’m gonna be there but I need u to make it to the octagon, we don’t wanna violate parole now do we @JonnyBones

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) October 30, 2015

UFC Vice President of Public Relations, knowing full well that Daniel Cormier was in the UFC offices on Thursday to talk with CEO Lorenzo Fertitta and president Dana White about the putting the fight together, weighed in with the following comment.

Seeing some tweets today that make me feel like I’ll be seeing clips of myself flying off a stage again soon.

— Dave Sholler (@Sholler_UFC) October 30, 2015

He was, of course, relating back to the Media Day meltdown that took place when Jones and Cormier got into a pushing and shoving match during a face-off for photographers, which ended with Sholler getting knocked off his perch on the stage.

Hopefully that doesn’t happen again when the rematch is made, but just in case you missed it, MMAWeekly.com captured the original incident in the video below…