Part of what makes sports so much fun and gets fans invested are the intense rivalries that are featured, whether it’s between two fighters, coaches, teams or shocking results in general.

When you look at the UFC, it’s difficult to look past the intense feud between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier with the latter looking to exact revenge on Saturday night when he puts his light heavyweight crown on the line at UFC 214 in Anaheim, California.

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There’s been plenty of bad blood between Bones and DC for years now, and Jones picked up the win when they fought last at UFC 182 but since then, their careers have taken very different turns.

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Jones’ personal issues caught up with him, ranging from an anti-doping violation to a hit and run incident and he was forced to vacate his championship and watch his foe become the undisputed champion in the division.

Despite losing his perfect record against the younger Jones, Cormier took advantage of Jones’ inactivity from the Octagon and picked up some massive wins of his own and wastes no opportunity in throwing Jones’ issues at his face, whether it’s in person or on social media.

The back and forth exchanges and the genuine dislike for each other has seen many compare this to the legendary boxing feud between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier – where Ali lost the first encounter before going on to defeat his foe on two more occasions.

ALI - FRAZIER COMPARISONS

A win for Cormier would set up the perfect trilogy, with Jones already 1-0 up, but Jones has shot down comparisons to the Ali–Frazier feud as he doesn’t plan on losing at UFC 214 and is confident of beating Cormier for the second time.

Speaking at the UFC 214 open workouts, Jones said: “I must have f***ed up on history (when comparing this to Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier), because Daniel Cormier’s not beating me.

“He’s not my Frazier. Daniel Cormier is whoever Muhammad Ali beat twice.”

MMA Fighting’s Ariel Helwani went on to discuss whether this feud with Cormier could keep going until they’re much older, but Jones shot down that notion and doesn’t think it’ll go on for so long.

He went on to admit that his rematch with Cormier is the biggest fight in UFC history – and not many can argue that – and stated that this time around, it’s going to be a more dominant performance and is hoping to become the first fighter to make DC quit inside of the Octagon.

Whether that happens, though, remains to be seen.

What do you make of the comparisons between Jones vs. Cormier and Ali vs. Frazier? Have YOUR say in the comments section below.

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