Jon Jones: 'Hard to look at' UFC 197 poster with champion Cormier

As if Jon Jones needed any more motivation, seeing his nemesis with the championship belt that Jones never lost has undoubtedly stoked the competitive fires.

"Hard to look at this picture", Jones wrote in an Instagram post featuring the poster for the recently announced UFC 197 main event.

It's current light heavyweight titleholder Daniel Cormier who is in the foreground of the the image, with gold hung prominently over his shoulder. Cormier lost to Jones in their first meeting last year, but later claimed the title with a win over Anthony Johnson after it was vacated in the wake of Jones being suspended due to a hit-and-run incident.

Jones was not reinstated until last October, but during his absence he remained at the top of the division according to most media rankings. He gets the chance to erase any doubt that he is the undisputed light heavyweight ruler when he rematches Cormier on April 23 in Las Vegas.