Daniel Cormier responds to Jon Jones: I don’t really need permission to call someone’s fight.

UFC commentator and hall of famer Daniel Cormier, has replied to Jon Jones' recent comments. Jones, a fierce rival of Cormier in the past, stated that he wouldn't mind Cormier doing commentary for his upcoming main event heavyweight title fight against Ciryl Gane at UFC 285 in Las Vegas.

“DC you are more than welcome to commentate at my fight, I think you are really good at what you do,” Jones wrote on Twitter Wednesday. “I trust that you would be non-biased. All the best brother.”

Cormier was unsure how to take the statement.

“You guys know how I feel about Jones and how we have felt about each other in the past,” Cormier said on his YouTube channel. “But it leads me to this question: How do I take this? This particular tweet, which at times feels like a compliment, but also could be interpreted as a bit of a dig – considering at times, people call me biased in my commentary and all this other stuff. … First, just for the record, I don’t really need permission to call someone’s fight.”

Following his retirement from competitive fighting in 2020, Cormier has become a regular presence on UFC broadcasts.

He has provided commentary for a number of fights that featured opponents he previously fought against, including Jones. Even during their intense rivalry, Cormier joined the booth at UFC 197 to call Jones' fight against Ovince Saint Preux.

“I’ll be honest with you, it’s kind of nice hearing a fighter acknowledge that even with our history, he believes that I can do him justice and do the job fairly – because I’ve done it before,” Cormier said. “… It seems now that Jones is maturing. He seems to be taking a much different approach to the build to the fight and how he’s approaching everything. But it feels nice for him to acknowledge, ‘I think this guy could do me justice.'”