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Jon Jones Wants To Beat Up DC, Face ‘Rumble’ At MSG

Jon Jones was reluctant to shy away from words Wednesday afternoon at the UFC 200 press conference in New York. The confident interim light heavyweight champion has already made plans following his self-expected UFC 200 win against rival Daniel Cormier: “I’d love to beat up DC and face Anthony Johnson at Madison Square Garden.” Jones

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Jon Jones was reluctant to shy away from words Wednesday afternoon at the UFC 200 press conference in New York. The confident interim light heavyweight champion has already made plans following his self-expected UFC 200 win against rival Daniel Cormier:

“I’d love to beat up DC and face Anthony Johnson at Madison Square Garden.”

Jones then stated that Cormier’s confidence is not falsely placed, and that the olympian should be confident coming into their blockbuster bout:

“DC should have a lot of confidence. Outside of me he’s the next best thing. He can beat these other guys but he can’t beat me.”

‘Bones’ also brought up comments the champion made prior to their first bout in January of last year:

“DC has been lying to you guys for a long time now. DC told you guys, and I quote, ‘I’ll take Jon Jones down 10 times out of 10 times if I wanna take him down’. So far we’re five to zero, me.” 

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Jones then proceeded to mock and tease the champion:

“I foot swept you and held my hand on your head like you’re my bitch. And this guy is supposed to be the olympian? Come on man”

Cormier repeatedly referenced Jones as a ‘bum’ and teased him about his drug abuse and legal troubles. Jones was quick to respond to the champion by referencing his dominating victory over him at UFC 182:

“You call me a bum, I beat you four rounds to one. Your not even my toughest opponent. Your chump change”, said Jones. “Im the bum that took your undefeated record. I had you cryin.”

Jones credited himself as being a true mixed martial artist, as opposed to his adversary who he mentioned as a “wrestler who learned how to punch”.

Personal matters seemed to play a huge role in Jones’ disappointing performance last Saturday, as ‘Bones’ admitted to a number of troubles that have affected him this month:

“My last fight you know, I had a lot of stuff stacked up against me man. A lot of you guys don’t really realize whats going on in my personal life right now”, Jones explained.

“My mom is in a real bad position, she’s really losing a fight to diabetes right now. She got her leg cut off the same week of my fight, and that really messed with me a lot. I was in jail the same month of my fight, just going through a lot of stuff man.”

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Jones also responded to criticisms of his poor performance against Ovince St-Preux in last Saturday night’s pay-per-view bout:

“I hadn’t fought in over fifteen months, and you know everyone is talking about my performance being so bad. I got punched twice, I won by unanimous decision.

If thats a bad performance, look at the level people expect from me, it’s not a bad problem to have. I went out there, I didn’t feel comfortable in the octagon and I still absolutely dominated that fight.”

Jones is one-hundred precent confident that on July 9th, in the brand new T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, he will beat Daniel Cormier in what is perhaps the biggest card in the promotion’s history:

“I believe I am going to annihilate DC. So far it’s all I’ve ever done, to pretty much every opponent. Alexander Gustafsson is the only person that had a competitive fight with me. So when I sit here and tell you I’m going to annihilate DC, people who don’t believe me, just wait and see”

“Expect to see a hell of a lot more out of me this next fight, I have a strong strategy for DC”, he said. “You guys will see, and new, absolutely.”

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Source: DC vs Jones To Possibly Main Event UFC 200

After his dominating unanimous decision win over OSP Saturday night, Jon Jones was crowned the interim UFC light-heavyweight champion. According to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, UFC President Dana White has said that a Cormier vs Jones II bout could main event July’s phenomenal event: Dana White tells me if Jon Jones is healthy and Daniel Cormier

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After his dominating unanimous decision win over OSP Saturday night, Jon Jones was crowned the interim UFC light-heavyweight champion. According to ESPN’s Brett Okamoto, UFC President Dana White has said that a Cormier vs Jones II bout could main event July’s phenomenal event:

Cormier was supposed to be Jones’ original opponent Saturday night, however an unfortunate injury suffered in training camp forced the champion to pull out of the anticipated rematch. Thus Ovince St. Preux stepped up to fight the returning Jones for the interim 205 pound strap.

Jones and Cormier’s bitter rivalry extends as far back as January of last year when the then champion Jones successfully retained his title against the undefeated olympian. Jones was then scheduled to defend his title against Anthony “Rumble” Johnson, however a hit and run incident resulting at the hands of Jones caused the UFC to suspend him indefinitely and strip him of the title.

Cormier would step in to fight “Rumble” for the vacant title, winning it in the third round via submission. Cormier would even go on to successfully defend his title against Alexander Gustafsson.

With the UFC’s original McGregor vs Diaz II main event falling through, the card is in desperate need of a huge main event. The dynamic rematch between two of the greatest light heavyweights of all time for the biggest prize in the sport is certainly a worthy main event.

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UFC Commentator: Jon Jones Is Making Heavyweights Look Bad In Training

The MMA world is anxiously awaiting the return of longtime former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who will step back into the Octagon against arch rival Daniel Cormier in the main event of April 23’s blockbuster UFC 197 pay-per-view (PPV) from Las Vegas. “Bones” won his last fight over “DC” at 2015’s UFC 182,

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The MMA world is anxiously awaiting the return of longtime former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, who will step back into the Octagon against arch rival Daniel Cormier in the main event of April 23’s blockbuster UFC 197 pay-per-view (PPV) from Las Vegas.

“Bones” won his last fight over “DC” at 2015’s UFC 182, but was infamously suspended and stripped of his title belt when he became the subject of a brief manhunt after he allegedly hit a 25-year-old pregnant woman in his adopted home of Albuquerque, New Mexico and fled the scene. He turned himself in and struck a plea deal for the felony charges, agreeing to probation and numerous public appearances to help repair his image.

As far as fighting goes, Jones never lost his belt, as the vacant title went to Cormier when he submitted former top contender Anthony ‘Rumble’ Johnson in the main event of last year’s UFC 187. Now reportedly sober and intensely focused on regaining the belt, Jones has posted several photos of himself looking huge and ripped after undertaking an intensive weight training regimen.

While Cormier has speculated that may actually hurt Jones’ abilities in the cage due to the fact he always relied on speed, agility, and accuracy to beat his opponents with his very unorthodox striking, one of “DC’s” FOX Sports broadcast parters doesn’t agree. During a recent appearance on Bloody Elbow’s ‘Heavy Hands’ podcast, former UFC fighter-turned-announcer Brian Stann said that Jones now being bigger and stronger is a scary proposition for his opponents, and that includes his rematch with Cormier:

“I haven’t seen anything technically that leads me to believe he’s gonna be able to take Jon down consistently. Especially now that Jon has discovered weight lifting.”

“And Jon’s a unique athlete. Never lifted weights but you try to get your hands on him and his instincts for leverage and wrestling are phenomenal. I’ve watched him train with heavyweights and make them look really, really bad.”

As a former member of Jones’ home base of Greg Jackson’s MMA, Stann would know seemingly what he’s talking about, and indeed Jones posted a recent photograph on Instagram of him training with former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski:

No word as whether or not he made the Belarusian bruiser look bad in training, but the general consensus is that Jones will handle Cormier with ease when they meet in April. Cormier, a former heavyweight who won the Strikeforce World Grand Prix at the weight class, could be in for the fight of his life.

Of course, the same thing could be said about Jones, although the reason is quite different, as the talented but troubled former champion has been his own worst enemy. What, if anything, will be different for “Bones” this time around?

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