i was hyping and hoping in the run up to this fight that cormier could pull it off. but as it grew closer i started to think along the lines of, how could he possibly be as good as jones?
jones last 8 fights before the cormier fight were for the belt. cormier has looked great but you need that level of competition to grow as a fighter. jones has had that learning experience over and over, and gotten better each time, whereas dc had maybe only fought two guys of possible title contention caliber, barnett and bigfoot. and heavyweight is a much thinner weight category than LHW.
it remains to be seen whether dc can get some more of the right kind of experience in time to "level up" and face jones again, or whether he is too old now. i also gather dc has been needing a knee op for some time, which could probably take a year out of his career as well : /
poor sod, he really does have incredible potential but maybe arrived too late