Soon-to-be-stripped UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier is having a field day with the cast of characters surrounding the latest Jon Jones scandal.

The bizarre entrance of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong into the conversation presented another opportunity for Cormier to sling some mud (via Instagram):

“This guy Jon Jones is such a dirt bag cheater that even Lance Armstrong is weighing in lol,” Cormier wrote today on his Instagram page. “Lance is like where the (expletive) was Jeff when I was going through this (expletive) lol.”

Novitzky was a target of Armstrong during the investigation that led to a lifetime ban from cycling and the stripping of seven Tour De France titles. Now, he’s drawn the ire of Cormier (21-1 MMA, 10-1 UFC) after Jones (22-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) was flagged for the same steroid metabolite that resulted in a 15-month suspension ahead of Saturday’s UFC 232 event, causing the card to be relocated from Las Vegas to Inglewood, Calif., on just six days’ notice.

Novitzky has defended Jones amid the furor over another positive test. Today during an appearance on the “JRE MMA Show” podcast, the UFC exec defended the promotion’s decision to move the event and said it would be “categorically unfair” to deny Jones the right to rematch Alexander Gustafsson (18-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) for the vacant 205-pound belt at UFC 232.

Jones has sidestepped questions about drug testing in advance of Saturday’s fight, which airs on pay-per-view following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass. But shortly after Novitzky wrapped his appearance on UFC commentator Joe Rogan’s show, he lashed out at a reporter who questioned him about another testing issue.

“Boy how did Jones turn Jeff Novitzky into his old lady,” Cormier wrote. “This is the craziest (expletive) I’ve ever seen. And now people sending me clips of this dude being arrogant at a press conference. That is one crazy (expletive)!”

Cormier, one of only two men to hold multiple UFC titles simultaneously, is expected to return next year. He has targeted a fight against ex-heavyweight champ Brock Lesnar in March, though a third fight with Jones remains a heavy topic of speculation.

If Jones is successful against Gustafsson, whom he beat by unanimous decision in the 2013 “Fight of the Year” at UFC 165, it will be the second time he’s won back a UFC title after being stripped by the promotion. But whatever happens on Saturday, Cormier will be stripped of the title he was awarded the last time a positive drug test hamstrung Jones’ career.

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