Jon Jones destroyed Vitor “The Phenom” Belfort to secure his fourth-consecutive title defense at UFC 152, and now, the young light heavyweight champion is set to take on former middleweight title challenger and trash-talking extraordinaire Chael Sonnen at UFC 159.
These facts, however, cannot stop Jones’ most recent victim from issuing a challenge.
Belfort recently told MMAjunkie.com that he feels he “deserves” a rematch with Jones or Anderson Silva, and this claim is downright ridiculous.
While either one of these fights is an astronomical stretch for Belfort at this point in his career, the former is especially ludicrous in my eyes.
Jon Jones vs. Vitor Belfort II does not need to happen—not now, not ever—and here’s why.