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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.

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.

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…

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