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Jon Jones (and adorable daughter) clash with Daniel Cormier on social media

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Following Wednesday’s announcement that Daniel Cormier (15-0 MMA, 4-0 UFC) replaced injured Alexander Gustafsson (16-2 MMA, 8-2 UFC) in a UFC 178 title fight with light heavyweight champion Jon Jones (20-1 MMA, 14-1 UFC), the rivals headed to social media for some spectacular pre-fight trash-talk.

While the jabs appeared to be more friendly rivalry than heated hatred, both Jones and Cormier got in some licks following the announcement of the fight, which airs Sept. 27 on pay-per-view.

First up was Cormier’s appearance on Wednesday’s edition of “UFC Tonight,” in which he said he got a Twitter direct message from Jones, though he was unable to reply:

Cormier eventually posted a screen grab:

But that was just the beginning of the fun.

There was the initial tweet from Jones after the fight announcement:

And the Instagram post in which Jones said “I love fighting wrestlers”:

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I love fighting wrestlers #champion2014

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The champ, after all, took some heat this past month when he expressed interest in fighting Cormier instead Gustafsson. Some fans criticized him for “ducking” Gustafsson, who narrowly lost to the champ at UFC 165 this past September. Jones addressed those complaints in an Instagram video on June 3 that he then quickly deleted (thought you can watch it here):

After Wednesday’s announcement of the Cormier fight, Jones’ daughter followed in her dad’s Instagram footsteps and got in on the rivalry with some (adorable) trash-talk:

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As for Cormier, he’s launched a new “#BreakBones” campaign, complete with its own line of T-shirts:

Regardless, Jones clearly has some new motivation, as he detailed in this Instagram video:

Jones, though, continued searching for positive vibes:

While the trash-talk is likely to continue for the next nine weeks, for now, we can simply look forward to this awesome match-up (between the No. 1 and No. 3-ranked fighters in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA light heavyweight rankings). And remember, we’re only 65 days away from these two elite-level fighters stepping in the cage at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena:

For more on UFC 178, check out the UFC Rumors section of the site.

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