J. Jones (photo) gave a thumbs up to the fight with Miocic. Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
Former dominant UFC light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones welcomes the possibility of moving up a category and facing the heavyweight belt holder, Stipe Miocic. “Bones” praised Miocic’s performance at UFC 203, last Saturday (10), and recognized that the fight, if it got off the ground, would be one of the biggest challenges of his career.
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In the event in question, Miocic survived a knockdown de alistair overeem and managed to turn things around in the first round, when he took the Dutchman to the ground and knocked him out with punches. It was the first title defense for Miocic, who won the belt in May by knocking out Fabricio Werdum.
Jones, Overeem's training partner, revealed that he was surprised by Miocic's performance. Asked on Twitter what a fight with the heavyweight champion would be like, Jones responded: “I'm starting to realize all the talk around this guy is real. He is a legitimate champion and would be the biggest challenge of my life,” he wrote.
The North American dominated the UFC's 93 kg division between 2011 and 2015, with victories over names like Daniel Cormier, Alexander Gustafson, Lyoto Machida e Glover Teixeira. However, he had his belt taken away for getting involved in extra-octagon problems. Before UFC 200, Jones was caught taking an anti-doping test, lost the interim belt in the category and still has no scheduled date for returning to fights.
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