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Jon Jones Says He Would Be “Challenge Of A Lifetime” For Stipe Miocic

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Former longtime UFC light heavyweight champion and former pound-for-pound king Jon Jones is currently dealing with a possible anti-doping violation that forced him to be pulled from his scheduled UFC 200 (July 9, 2016) title fight with bitter rival and current champion Daniel “DC” Cormier. The situation has yet to be resolved, but “Bones” has hinted that positive news could be coming. If the ex-champion does indeed avoid a two-year suspension, he’d likely return to the 205-pound division where he appears to have some unfinished business, but he may not remain there forever.

In fact, Jones has teased a possible jump to heavyweight in the past, and it could be a very realistic possibility. “Bones”, when he does fight, has come dangerously close to cleaning out the light heavyweight class, and he also has the size to compete at heavyweight.

If he were to indeed make the move up, he’d likely find himself in a huge right off the bat, and he recently touched on a potential title fight with reigning champion Stipe Miocic on his official Twitter account. When asked about the possible scenario, “Bones” said that he’d be the ‘challenge of a lifetime’ for Miocic:

I’m starting to realize the hype is real with that guy. He’s legit, I would be the challenge of a lifetime https://t.co/ybke2pAtAC

— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) September 12, 2016

Meant to say it* would be the challenge of a lifetime

— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) September 12, 2016

Haha screw it, saying I works too

— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) September 12, 2016

The reigning heavyweight king secured the title with a brutal first round knockout over Fabricio Werdum last May. He followed that performance up with another first round stoppage over Alistair Overeem in his first title defense this past weekend (September 10, 2016) at UFC 203.

Would you like to see Jones and Miocic one day do battle in the Octagon?

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Jon Jones & Brock Lesnar Could Potentially Face Shorter Suspensions

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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones and former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar were both notified by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) of potential anti-doping violations regarding tests surrounding July 9’s blockbuster UFC 200 card. Jones was pulled from his scheduled main event bout just days prior while Lesnar was notified of his potential mishap after his co-main event victory over Mark Hunt. Ironically, both men have apparently tested positive for anti-estrogen blockers, but they both also may luck out in a way.

Typically, a fighter who tests positive for the first time faces a minimum two-year suspension, but “Bones” and “The Beast” will both be facing one-year suspensions at most. This is because the substances the duo popped for are considered by the WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency) to be ‘specified substances’ according to a report from MMAFighting.com. Basically that means that “there is a greater likelihood that these (specified) substances could be susceptible to a credible non-doping explanation” as stated in the code. It has also been made clear that if a fighter is caught with a ‘specified substance’ in his system, he could face a punishment as a small as a public warning. That said fighter could also take the case to arbitration if he chooses not to accept the punishment.

Both Jones and Lesnar are also facing potential suspensions and fines from the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC). Neither USADA nor the commission has yet to hand out a punishment, but both men are expected to appear before the NSAC later this year.

Jones last competed at April’s UFC 197 where he scored a decision victory over Ovince Saint Preux to become the interim UFC 205-pound champion after being stripped of his long-held title in 2015 due to legal issues. Prior to fighting Hunt, Lesnar had spent nearly five years away from the sport after dealing with a brutal battle with diverticulitis.

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Glover Teixeira Compares Jon Jones To Lance Armstrong

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Heading into his light heavyweight title fight with then champion Jon Jones at UFC 172 in April 2014, Brazilian slugger Glover Teixeira had won an incredible 20 straight fights including five straight inside of the Octagon, but he ended up proving to be no challenge to Jones, as he was dominated throughout their five round bout. Now, Teixeira finds himself in yet another fight with a title shot possibly looming in the balance, as he’s set to meet fellow former title challenger Anthony Johnson in the co-main event of this weekend’s (August 20, 2016) UFC 202. This time, however, the winner won’t be headed towards a scrap with Jones.

Jones’ fighting future is currently unclear after he was pulled from his scheduled UFC 200 (July 9, 2016) headliner with reinging champion Daniel Cormier due to a potential anti-doping violation. UFC President Dana White recently said that things are looking up for Jones, who’s had quite the troubled past few years. Teixeira, speaking on the matter, said it’s ‘sad’ to see ‘the best fighter in history’ do these types of things:

“It’s hard to comment. Jon Jones is the best fighter in history,” Teixeira said, according to a translation from Bloody Elbow’s Lucas Rezende. “He could be doing what Usain Bolt is doing. He’s one of the best fighters ever, defeated everybody in the weight class and then does what he’s been doing for the past couple of years. It’s sad. We want a chance to fight the guy. To get in there and knock him out. But it’s part of the sport.”

Continuing on, the Brazilian said that he hopes Jones rebounds, but he also compared the former pound-for-pound king to controversial cyclist Lance Armstrong, who had a plethora of his titles stripped after being busted by USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency):

“We never want anything bad to happen, especially to an athlete like Jon Jones,” Teixeira said. “I hope he can get back on track. I don’t think Jon Jones needed to take anything. He’s younger than everybody else. Plus, if he took something he shouldn’t, he should lose his title.

“He’s like Lance Armstrong, who won all those titles and then they took them away from him. So the question remains. Was he really a champion or could anybody have been the champion if they were taking what he was taking?”

Do you agree with Teixeira’s comments?

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Coach: Only One Man Can Beat Jon Jones

Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is considered by many to be the greatest fighter of all-time, and without question to be the greatest 205 pounder of all-time, although trouble outside of the cage has hindered his professional fighting career. The latest incident regarding Jones occurred when he was pulled from his massive rematch

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A possible punishment for Jones or a solution to the issue has yet to be announced, but the former pound-for-pound king could be facing a two year suspension. Jones’ longtime striking coach, Mike Winkeljohn, doesn’t appear to be too worried, however, saying that there’s only one man who could beat “Bones”:

“Oh no. You know what, assuming he doesn’t get distracted on time off – and what we’re talking about is just hypothetical,” Winkeljohn said on an edition of Submission Radio when asked if two years away could leave Jones less competitive. “I don’t know how much time off, so I’m not sure if I should even worry about that at the moment. I’ve always said no one beats Jon Jones but himself. That’s it. And he’s got many, many years to keep going and figure this out if he’s got the opportunity to and if it turns out that he’s able to.”

This may be a fair statement given the fact that Jones is currently 22-1 in his professional mixed martial arts career with his only loss coming by way of disqualification in a bout he was clearly winning. The former champion has run through a murderer’s row of 205-pound contenders while rarely getting challenged. With that being said, Winkeljohn feels as if Jones beat himself regarding the UFC 200 debacle, saying that he and his management must be aware of what goes into his body:

“Oh I was pissed off at that situation in that he’s gotta be careful.” Winkeljohn said about Jones getting pulled from UFC 200. “We’ve gotta be careful. Everyone’s gotta be careful. Everything you put in your body, no matter who gives it to you, you can’t just take whatever, because you never know what’s in there, what it’s tainted with, what’s going to come up on a drug test. And I don’t think he would have done anything out of the ordinary to try to do a performance enhancer type situation, but what’s going on is apparently something’s tainted and hopefully that’s what’s going to come out here soon and then hopefully all this bad talk about Jon Jones will start going away and we’ll get him back to fighting.”

“I think it’s both,” he continued, talking about whether it’s on Jones or his management to check his supplements. “You know, I think it’s both. There’s no doubt about it and he’s learned – I think he’s learned that he’s gotta pay attention to these things and his management has learned that they gotta help him pay attention to those things. So everybody is getting on board and paying attention a little bit more, because these tests are popping up and it seems to be happening quite often that people are taking something that was made by a company that has some illegal stuff, and maybe they’re using the same machines to pack it. I’m not sure how it happens, but trace amounts are coming up. So with that being said, people just have to be really careful and just go back to eating normal diets and don’t take anything else but vegetables and meats and good food.”

Do you expect to see Jones back in the Octagon any time soon?

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Chael Sonnen Rips ‘Drunken Coke Addict’ Jon Jones

Due to his lengthy legal history, and his attitude that may sometimes be perceived as ‘arrogant’, former UFC light heavyweight champion and reigning pound-for-pound king Jon “Bones” Jones hasn’t always received the best treatment from fans. In fact, he was stripped of his long-held title after being arrested on felony hit-and-run charges last year in

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In fact, he was stripped of his long-held title after being arrested on felony hit-and-run charges last year in his home of New Mexico.

After sorting his issues out, however, he recently returned at last month’s UFC 197, scoring a somewhat lackluster, but ultimately one-sided decision victory over Ovince St. Preux to become the interim 205-pound titleholder.

Former Jones foe and fighter turned analyst Chael Sonnen recently touched on “Bones’” UFC 197 performance, simply calling it ‘terrible’ although using it to note just how talented the former divisional kingpin is:

“Even with that terrible performance Jon Jones just had, I don’t know anybody that can beat him. As bad as he just looked, I don’t know anybody that could beat him. He’s that much better than the rest. We can sit around and go, ‘What a bad performance,’ and it was. It was terrible. I still don’t know anyone that could beat the guy. That’s how good he’s gotten.” Sonnen told Bloody Elbow.

Usually a fighter as skilled as Jones is highly revered among fans, and of course he does have his legion of loyal fans, but Sonnen, blasting Jones in the process, claims that spectators just can’t get behind a ‘drunken coke addict’:

“Then he wonders why nobody can get behind him. He shows up to the press conference acting like a fool. He comes in trying to take over the press conference like everybody was supposed to be happy for him that he won. He didn’t realize that they were looking at the drunken coke addict champ, with all the talent in the world, that just can’t get it straight. When you have that level of arrogance, it’s tough to get behind him. Then sure enough, you’ve got the press, ‘Ra-ra-ra-ra-ra-ra,’ they’re really going for it. Man, this wouldn’t have happened back in my day. We’d have grabbed a guy like this in the back and straightened him out. We just would have.”

Well, Sonnen definitely took a serious dig at Jones, who will meet Daniel Cormier in a title unifier at July 9’s UFC 200.

What are your thoughts on the former and possibly soon to be champion?

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Daniel Cormier Fires Back, Once Again Blasts Jon Jones’ History With Drugs

Former UFC light heavyweight champion and current pound-for-pound king Jon Jones took a shot at his upcoming opponent, reigning champion Daniel Cormier, with a hilarious Instagram picture yesterday (March 1, 2016), pitting “DC” as fictional character Carl Winslow. The back and forth jabs have continued, as Cormier has fired back with an Instagram post of

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The back and forth jabs have continued, as Cormier has fired back with an Instagram post of his own today (March 2, 2016).

Using the same UFC 197 fight poster, the champion once against blasted Jones’ troubled history with banned substances.

Check out the photo below:

Oddly enough, “DC” has since deleted the post.

Since suffering the first professional loss of his career to Jones at January 2015’s UFC 182, Cormier has picked up back to back victories over Anthony “Rumble” Johnson and Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafssson, fights in which he successfully won and then defended the title.

“Bones”, on the other hand, hasn’t competed since. He was actually scheduled to fight “Rumble”, but he was forced out of the bout, stripped of his title, and suspended after being arrested on felony hit-and-run charges in New Mexico last April.

The former champion has since avoided jail time and been reinstated by the UFC. He has also seemingly found a new sense of motivation and focus, and he will attempt to regain his title when he faces off with Cormier for a second time on April 23, 2016.

How do you see the rematch playing out?

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