Daniel Cormier says Jon Jones did something none of his greatest wrestling conquerors managed: beat him without matching the work he put into the contest. Cormier framed Jones as the exception to the competitive rule that had carried him from college wrestling to the Olympics and then through two UFC divisions. Daniel Cormier says the hardest part about losing to Jon Jones was realizing his hard work wasn’t enough to overcome Jones’ natural talent. Cormier explained that every fighter who had beaten him before had worked just as hard as he did, but Jones was different. They met again at UFC 214 on July 29, 2017, where Jones initially stopped Cormier at 3:01 of Round 3.