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Brock Lesnar Reacts To Jon Jones’ Superfight Challenge

It didn’t take long for Brock Lesnar to respond to Jon Jones’ challenge. After the former light heavyweight champion said he’d ‘love’ to fight Lesnar in the octagon during a Facebook chat today, “The Beast” quickly caught wind of the situation, telling The Associated Press that while he’s willing to fight “Bones” anywhere, the troubled […]

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It didn’t take long for Brock Lesnar to respond to Jon Jones’ challenge.

After the former light heavyweight champion said he’d ‘love’ to fight Lesnar in the octagon during a Facebook chat today, “The Beast” quickly caught wind of the situation, telling The Associated Press that while he’s willing to fight “Bones” anywhere, the troubled returnee has a different challenge on his hands this week:

“Would I fight Jon Jones? Anytime, anywhere,” Lesnar said. “Right now he should be worried about D.C. on Saturday night.”

Many are picking the -250 favorite Jones to get past Cormier at UFC 214 from Anaheim this Saturday, and it’s not hard to see why considering he beat him once. But Lesnar has a good point as well because while Jones has only secured one lackluster win over Ovince Saint Preux since beating Cormier in January 2015, ‘DC’ has won four straight fights over Anderson Silva, Anthony Johnson, and Alexander Gustafsson.

Jones’ extreme inconsistencies coupled with his inactivity will make his fight with Cormier an uncertain one, even if he has the obvious talent to beat him and is still arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in MMA. If he does indeed beat Cormier a second time, a bout with Lesnar in his long-rumored move to heavyweight certainly has the potential to be one of the highest-grossing bouts in UFC pay-per-view history.

“Bones” has made it seem like he has a special talent for ruining massively profitable fights, however, so even if Lesnar is willing to face him, a lot of procedural red tape still has to be bypassed. Lesnar remains suspended for now even if rumors recently revealed he had supposedly rejoined the USADA testing pool, his one-year ban from USADA ‘frozen’ after he retired from MMA last year.

If he can get cleared to fight Jones, what a sight it would be.

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Jon Jones Reveals He’d ‘Love’ To Fight Brock Lesnar

Jon Jones has routinely teased a move up to heavyweight, but now he’s upped the ante by aiming for one of the biggest fights possible. Four days before his long overdue rematch with Daniel Cormier in the main event of this weekend’s (Sat., July 29, 2017) UFC 214, Jones admitted during a Facebook Live chat today […]

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Jon Jones has routinely teased a move up to heavyweight, but now he’s upped the ante by aiming for one of the biggest fights possible.

Four days before his long overdue rematch with Daniel Cormier in the main event of this weekend’s (Sat., July 29, 2017) UFC 214, Jones admitted during a Facebook Live chat today that he would love to face former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar in the octagon:

“I would love to fight Brock Lesnar. He’s a massive dude, it would be a massive draw, really big for the sport. It would be a great challenge. That’s a big old boy. I doubt Brock Lesnar would take that fight, though. I definitely wouldn’t try to wrestle with him the whole time. I can’t tell you what I would do.”

The words come at a peculiar time for Jones, as Lesnar has been linked to a UFC comeback after rumor recently arose he had re-entered the USADA drug testing pool in anticipation of a possible octagon return. However, UFC officials soon confirmed that was not true, and Lesnar still remained under a frozen suspension with more than six months left on it after he failed, ironically enough, for the same banned substance that Jones did, and both in conjunction with their respective fights at last July’s UFC 200.

Most are picking Jones to get past his longtime rival Cormier this weekend, and if he does, it’s easy to see that not too many new or particularly difficult challenges would await “Bones” in the shallow UFC 205-pound talent pool outside of a rematch with Alexander Gustafsson, especially now that Anthony “Rumble” Johnson is retired.

Moving up to heavyweight would be a literally huge move for Jones and would provide him with a whole list of new and exciting bouts where he would be far from guaranteed to win considering the size and power edge he would be giving up. But he has to stay sober and out of trouble for long enough to make it to and win one fight, let alone move up a division to face one of the biggest draws MMA has ever seen.

Regardless, a Jones vs. Lesnar match-up would push the boundaries of pay-per-view (PPV) success in a time where UFC brass needs them most, so don’t be surprised to see it come up quite a bit more in the coming months.

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Five Reasons Daniel Cormier Could Destroy Jon Jones At UFC 214

This weekend, UFC light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and archrival former champion Jon Jones will finally meet in a rematch in the main event of Saturday’s (July 29, 2017) UFC 214 from the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. It seemed the rematch was all but inevitable after Jones won their first match-up at UFC 182 […]

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It seemed the rematch was all but inevitable after Jones won their first match-up at UFC 182 in 2015, but there have perhaps never been more roadblocks to a bout happening, with a true cascade of strange and troubling circumstances leading to the fight just now happening in the second half of 2017 (and we still have all week to go).

Cormier was forced out of the first date for a second fight at April 2016’s UFC 197 with a leg injury, and the fight was re-booked for the main event of last July’s massive UFC 200, only to see Jones forced out three days prior with a failed USADA drug test. Add that to the litany of legal trouble “Bones” has been in over the past three years, and we’re just not sure to expect from the onetime dominant pound-for-pound king.

Yes, Jones deserves to be around the -250 favorite oddsmakers currently have him at. No, it would not be a surprise to see him come back and outlast Cormier once again to regain the belt he never lost in the cage, but rather had stripped from him due to terrible behavior.

However, there are also a few major signs Jones could be in for a fall, and those signs have been building up for years. Check out our five biggest reasons “DC” could destroy Jones at UFC 214.

5.) Drugs:

Let’s be honest here – if Jon Jones never got into drugs, we wouldn’t be talking about any of this. He’d most likely be well on his way to being the best mixed martial artist of all-time, something he arguably still is. He would have probably left no doubt by now if he didn’t do things like fail a drug test for cocaine prior to his first fight with Cormier or ruin a huge bout with Anthony Johnson by breaking a 25-year-old pregnant woman’s arm in a hit-and-run accident before returning to the rental vehicle to remove a fat stack of cash while leaving identifying paperwork, drug paraphernalia, and condoms in plain sight to police.

Yes, all of that happened, and you can stick up for him all you like, but Jones made his own bed here. He missed out on an absolutely massive payday at UFC 200 last summer, and all to supposedly use a sexual performance enhancement pill that got him another year on the sidelines.

Jones may be the best fighter in the history of MMA. The main thing that has even made that a discussion is his troubled history with drugs, and the undoubtedly huge bouts those associated troubles have ripped from him.

It’s difficult to predict just how much of a toll drugs have taken on Jones, and he’s been clean throughout what were surely many out-of-competition tests until now. But if he shows any sign of wear and tear due to any kind of drugs, Cormier could capitalize.

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