Daniel Cormier waits in a timeout as he takes on light heavyweight champion Jon Jones during the UFC 182 event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Jan. 3, 2015 in Las Vegas. Jones retained his title by unanimous decision. (Steve Marcus, Getty Images)
Ultimate Fighting Championship announced Wednesday its headline for UFC 200 — and it won’t include Conor McGregor.
On “Good Morning America,” president Dana White announced the main event will be Daniel Cormier against Jon Jones for the UFC light heavyweight title.
The fight replaces the Nate Diaz-McGregor fight that was originally scheduled before .
This will be a rematch between Jones (22-1) and Cormier (17-1). Jones won via unanimous decision in January 2015. Jones beat Ovince St. Preux last Saturday at UFC 197 to win the interim title. Cormier is the current champion, winning the championship after Jones was stripped of the belt in April 2015.
“Me and my team have been working extensively on a great strategy, game plan to beat Dan Cormier,” Jones said on the show. “I got thrown a last minute change of opponent, felt like I did great with the given circumstances and we’re ready to get back to my original plan, which is just to dominate Dan Cormier again.
Diaz said during a press conference last Friday he was “going on vacation” if he wasn’t fighting McGregor on the card. On Monday, he :
Happy to announce that I’m going on vacation #100 â ï¸
— Nathan Diaz (@NateDiaz209)
