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Jon Jones Says McGregor Could Beat Woodley, Doesn’t Take Dana’s Ban Seriously

Recently stripped of the interim UFC light-heavyweight title, former undisputed champion Jon Jones faces another suspension. This time around, his failed USADA (United States Anti Doping Agency) screen for UFC 200 was the controversy. After an arbitration hearing went a little south, ‘Bones’ received a middle of the road ban of 12 months. Retroactive to

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Recently stripped of the interim UFC light-heavyweight title, former undisputed champion Jon Jones faces another suspension. This time around, his failed USADA (United States Anti Doping Agency) screen for UFC 200 was the controversy. After an arbitration hearing went a little south, ‘Bones’ received a middle of the road ban of 12 months. Retroactive to the date of his failed test, Jones will be eligible to fight again in June 2017. Recently UFC president Dana White stated he would never put ‘Bones’ in a main event again.

With his fighting future once again in question, one of the greatest talents ever to grace the octagon will need to stay on the straight and narrow. His feud with Daniel Cormier will have to wait, as ‘DC’ is now set to face Anthony Johnson at UFC 206. What happens after that is anyone’s guess, as the light-heavyweight division is seriously lacking in contenders. Although still absent, Jones’ influence at 205 pounds is solidly undeniable.

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Mandatory Credit: Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports

Recent Twitter Activity

As always, Jon Jones has remained active on social media. With tons of great fights and his own situation to discuss, ‘Bones’ has been answering some interesting fan questions in the last 24 hours. Firstly take a look at what Jones thinks about a potential Conor McGregor vs. Tyron Woodley fight. After seeing ‘The Notorious’ topple Eddie Alvarez at UFC 205, ‘Bones’ thinks the Irishman could defeat ‘The Chosen One.’

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Keeping in line with the discussion about the lightweight division, Jones says he feels Khabib Nurmagomedov deserves the next title shot:

Dana’s Ban

Responding to a fan question about Dana White’s reluctance to ever book a main event with him at the top of the card, Jones doesn’t think the UFC president was serious:

On To Bisping

Finally, and perhaps most notable, ifs ‘Bones’ responding to a question about Michael Bisping. With training partner and friend Yoel Romero fresh off a win over Chris Weidman at UFC 205, ‘Soldier of God’ is highly likely to be booked against ‘The Count’ in early 2017. When discussing the middleweight champion, Jones doesn’t seem to think the Brit will be around at the top of 185 for much longer:

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USADA Results Are In For Jon Jones’ Tainted Supplement Defense…

Former undisputed light-heavyweight and current UFC interim champion Jon Jones again found himself in the boiling pot this year. Following his removal from the UFC 200 main event due to a flagged USADA test, ‘Bones’ had to face the music in a big way. After being scratched from the milestone card on three days notice,

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Former undisputed light-heavyweight and current UFC interim champion Jon Jones again found himself in the boiling pot this year. Following his removal from the UFC 200 main event due to a flagged USADA test, ‘Bones’ had to face the music in a big way. After being scratched from the milestone card on three days notice, Jones addressed fans and media during an emotional presser. The record-breaking UFC champion claimed he was unaware of the substance in his system, stating he must have consumed a tainted supplement.

Having heard this defense many times in the past, some fans were quick to jump on ‘Bones’ while he was down. Similarly to Jones, UFC middleweight contender Yoel Romero claimed his failed test was due to dirty supplements. After some back-and-forth Romero was cleared to fight again after just six months. Romero’s positive test was for a growth hormone, whereas Jones got popped for estrogen blockers, typically used by body builders after a steroid cycle.

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USADA Results

During his time on the sidelines, Jones has been typically vocal towards his fellow light-heavyweights. Last fighting against Ovince St-Preux at UFC 197, ‘Bones’ has remained confident in the five months since that he’ll be back soon. If Luke Thomas’ report last night is anything to go by, Jones could well be looking at a comeback within the year. Sounds like Jones is indeed innocent, as the supplement he claimed he took has been confirmed by USADA as containing a banned substance.

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Via Luke Thomas on Twitter

Current champion Daniel Cormier faces Anthony Johnson in the UFC 206 main event in Toronto on December 10. Whether or not ‘Bones’ will be cleared by then remains unconfirmed at this stage, but a unification bout will clearly be on the table upon his return. The fierce rivalry with ‘DC’ or the intrigue around a bout with ‘Rumble’ will make fun viewing for Jones’ comeback in either scenario.

The question is, yet again, will Jon Jones be able to hold it together long enough?

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Report: Daniel Cormier May Have Accepted Heavyweight Fight For UFC 200

Disaster struck the UFC 200 fight card set to go down this Saturday July 9, and it was interim light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones causing all the ruckus. It was announced by Jeff Novitsky, the drug testing tsar of the UFC USADA (United States Anti Doping Agency) programme, that ‘Bones’ had been flagged for a potential

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Disaster struck the UFC 200 fight card set to go down this Saturday July 9, and it was interim light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones causing all the ruckus. It was announced by Jeff Novitsky, the drug testing tsar of the UFC USADA (United States Anti Doping Agency) programme, that ‘Bones’ had been flagged for a potential violation. In other words, he got popped during an out of competition test dated June 16 of this year.

The consequential removal of Jones from the unification main event rematch with Daniel Cormier at UFC 200 has cast a dark shadow over the blockbuster pay-per-view in Las Vegas. ‘Bones’ is once again on the wrong side of authorities after only just returning at UFC 197 following his New Mexico hit-and-run circus. Now, on the eve of the biggest fight of his life and bang smack in the middle of the most eventful UFC fight week of all time, the incredibly talented Jon Jones has once again dropped the ball.

Video: The ridiculously awesome 'UFC 182: Jones vs. Cormier ...

At this stage there’s little left for the promotion to do aside from pick up the pieces. Pushing Mark Hunt vs. Brock Lesnar up to the main event was a start, but replacing Jones is both a highly difficult and time sensitive task, but essential to salvage some of the integrity lost. With Michael Bisping, Alexander Gustafsson, Gegard Mousasi and others offering to step in, MMA journalist and FOX analyst Karyn Bryant posted a very intriguing Tweet late last night.


Furthering this trail of thought FOX Sports reported that Cormier himself said he’s willing to beef up to 230 pounds, or thereabouts, for a possible heavyweight replacement:


We’ll keep you in the loop on this and all other hot topics in this stacked UFC fight week, so stay tuned!

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Jon Jones: Who Has Daniel Cormier Knocked Out, ‘Bigfoot’ Silva?

The title unification bout between Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones has been a long time in the making. Ever since their first duel at UFC 182 there’s been the feeling that a rematch was always just around the corner. Even when ‘Bones’ was suspended and stripped of the title, we all knew that the second

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The title unification bout between Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones has been a long time in the making. Ever since their first duel at UFC 182 there’s been the feeling that a rematch was always just around the corner. Even when ‘Bones’ was suspended and stripped of the title, we all knew that the second fight was imminent. Now that July 9 date is within touching distance, as we stand on the cusp of UFC 200 fight week, and the rivalry between ‘DC’ and Jones has ramped up once again.

There’s been plenty said in the war of words between the two long standing rivals, but perhaps the biggest question about the fight itself is regarding growth. How much has Cormier evolved, and on the opposite side of that coin how much has Jones potentially regressed? At UFC 197 we saw an extremely rusty former champion put in a rather dull performance, albeit one sided, against Ovince St-Preux. ‘DC’ recently claimed ‘this is the new Jon Jones,’ if true this could mean a very different rematch at UFC 200.

DC vs. Jon Jones

An interesting stat about Jon Jones; he has the same number of first round finishes at 205 pounds as former middleweight champion Anderson Silva. Cormier has made use of Jones’ recent decision streak, saying ‘Bones’ lacks power and ability to stop fights. Talking during a recent podcast, as quoted by MMAFighting.com, the current interim champion Jones offered his response to Cormier’s criticism:

“The funny thing about him saying that is, Daniel Cormier doesn’t punch hard. I think the only person I can recall him knocking out is ‘Bigfoot’ Silva. I’m not trying to offend ‘Bigfoot’ Silva but, I mean, he’s not known to have the strongest chin in the game. So, you name anybody else who he knocked out with one punch and walked away, I don’t think I’ve seen it.”

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Jones recounts his UFC 182 decision win over Cormier, pointing out that at no time did the wrestler inflict any damage:

“In my fight with Daniel Cormier, he always talks about how I was working his body and I kicked him in the ribs and I kneed him in the ribs, and these body shots that really sent a shockwave going through his body,” Jones said. “But at no point in the fight did one of his punches do anything to me, or kicks. At no point in the fight did he get me to bleed. At no point in the fight did he get me to lose my breath or to look up at the clock out of frustration. At no point did he wobble me with a punch. I mean, Daniel Cormier caught me with like 60 uppercuts in that fight, and I’m exaggerating. Not one of those uppercuts did anything to me.”

“Never made me stumble. None of his kicks made me back up or stop moving forward. So, he’s trying paint this picture of me not being a powerful guy, but I kicked his ass.”

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I actually hurt him with strikes, where he did nothing to me. I’ve heard him in interviews say that he’s going to walk me down and take me down right away because obviously I don’t have the stopping power to stop him from walking forward. But the reality is, if I wanted to go out there and walk him down, take him down for the sixth time, he doesn’t have the stopping power to stop me.”

“We’ve brought in absolutely zero special training partners from anywhere,” Jones said. “I’ve been working with the same few guys my whole career. These guys, they’ll go southpaw for me if I need them to go southpaw, they’ll shoot on me if I need them to shoot on me more, they’ll throw uppercuts more if I need uppercuts, overhands if I need overhands. I mean, DC getting a 6-10 guy shows how big I am in his head, how deep I am in his head.

“That’s what he looks at me as, this freaking 6-10 monster.”

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Jon Jones Reacts To OSP Replacing Daniel Cormier At UFC 197

The situation for UFC 197 got a little complicated on April 1, and it was no fool’s day joke, as light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was forced off the card. Due to an undisclosed injury, ‘DC’ dropped out of the first card in his professional career, and quite possibly the biggest. He was set to face

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The situation for UFC 197 got a little complicated on April 1, and it was no fool’s day joke, as light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was forced off the card. Due to an undisclosed injury, ‘DC’ dropped out of the first card in his professional career, and quite possibly the biggest. He was set to face his old rival and ex-champion Jon Jones, in the first fight for ‘Bones’ since being stripped and temporarily exiled for his part in the New Mexico hit-and-run last year.

Then we received the news that Jones had a new opponent, after various light-heavy and heavyweights had thrown their names in to the mix. Ovince St Preux would step in on three weeks notice to take the biggest step up in competition possible, facing arguably the greatest (albeit technically former) UFC light-heavyweight champion of all time. It’s certainly going to be a huge test for OSP, who has gone 3-2 in his last five, with losses to Ryan Bader (decision) and Glover Teixeira (submission). But as we know, styles make fights, and St Preux may just have the length and power to hurt Jones.

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We haven’t heard a great deal from Jon Jones since his release from custody following another traffic blunder, but he took to Twitter to react to the news that OSP is replacing the injured Daniel Cormier at UFC 197.

Check it out:


Has Jones hired someone to run his Twitter account? This seems far too polite.

Moving swiftly on, there were a number of interesting heavyweight challenges issued to ‘Bones’ over the last 24 hours…

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UFC Announces New Opponent, Interim Title For Jon Jones At UFC 197

UFC 197 took a massive hit this week in a strange change of circumstances. After it was originally jeopardised by Jon Jones’ drag racing and subsequent probation violation arrest, the mixed martial arts community was relieved to learn that ‘Bones’ wasn’t going to prison. Receiving more community service and instructed to attend anger management following

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UFC 197 took a massive hit this week in a strange change of circumstances. After it was originally jeopardised by Jon Jones’ drag racing and subsequent probation violation arrest, the mixed martial arts community was relieved to learn that ‘Bones’ wasn’t going to prison. Receiving more community service and instructed to attend anger management following the vulgar viral video of the traffic stop, Jones was a green light for UFC 197 once again.

With just three weeks until the fight goes down, suddenly the light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier pulls out injured. It’s the first time in the Olympian’s pro career that he’s dropped out of a fight, and it’s possibly the biggest rematch he’ll ever face, after the bitter rivalry before UFC 182 with Jones. Now sidelined, the UFC (well, Ariel Helwani really) announced Cormier’s replacement at UFC 197. In steps Ovince St-Preaux, and the interim belt is on the line!

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So what do you think, will OSP stand a chance against arguably one of the greatest fighters to have graced the UFC octagon? St-Preaux’s record is far from unblemished, but he certainly has some very impressive wins. He KO’d former champion from the Pride era and UFC, Mauricio Shogun Rua, and he’s also got wins over Ryan Jimmo, Nikyta Krylov and Rafael Cavalcante.

With Jones though, it’s a totally different story, the guy is just a monster, so it will be interesting to see how OSP approaches such a huge leap in competition in this fight, taken on short notice too.

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