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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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UFC 214: Inside the Octagon Previews Other Two Title Fights

As always, Dan Hardy and John Gooden have put in the time and done their homework to prepare us fans for UFC 214. After previewing the main event for Saturday’s epic card, the two lads are back to do the same for the other two championship fights. In the co-main event, Tyron Woodley defends his […]

As always, Dan Hardy and John Gooden have put in the time and done their homework to prepare us fans for UFC 214. After previewing the main event for Saturday’s epic card, the two lads are back to do the same for the other two championship fights. In the co-main event, Tyron Woodley defends his […]

UFC 214 Embedded Episode 2

UFC 214 is less than a week away and the episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel. In the episode, a day at the salon results in an accidental headbutt for featherweight title contender Cris Cyborg. Halfway across the country in Houston, her opponent Tonya Evinger evaluates the fear factor of her […]

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UFC 214 is less than a week away and the episode of Embedded was released on the UFC’s YouTube channel.

In the episode, a day at the salon results in an accidental headbutt for featherweight title contender Cris Cyborg. Halfway across the country in Houston, her opponent Tonya Evinger evaluates the fear factor of her next assignment. In Long Island, welterweight champion Tyron Woodley flaunts his Bollywood credentials; his challenger Demian Maia spends time at home with his children in Sao Paulo. Light heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier gets a spinal adjustment from his teammates before a tough training sessions, and returning challenger Jon Jones ignores the inclement weather and heads for a bike ride in the rain.

You can watch it here:

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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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Tyron Woodley Isn’t Sure GSP Is Really Going To Fight

Tyron Woodley doesn’t even want to entertain a conversation regarding a fight with Georges St-Pierre. “T-Wood” is set to defend his welterweight title this weekend (Sat. July 29, 2017) against Brazilian jiu-jitsu whiz Demian Maia in the co-main event of the UFC 214 pay-per-view (PPV). He joined The MMA Hour yesterday to promote the contest […]

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Tyron Woodley doesn’t even want to entertain a conversation regarding a fight with Georges St-Pierre.

“T-Wood” is set to defend his welterweight title this weekend (Sat. July 29, 2017) against Brazilian jiu-jitsu whiz Demian Maia in the co-main event of the UFC 214 pay-per-view (PPV). He joined The MMA Hour yesterday to promote the contest and was asked about a potential match-up with the returning “GSP.”

St-Pierre signed a new multi-fight deal with the UFC earlier this year and was announced to be making his middleweight debut against division champ Michael Bisping. No date or venue was ever announced for the fight, however, a press conference was held to promote it. After St-Pierre claimed he wouldn’t be ready to fight until after October, UFC President Dana White called the bout off and announced the Canadian would instead be returning to his former championship weight of 170 pounds.

Woodley claims that “Rush” is playing the mixed martial arts (MMA) world and isn’t even sure if we’ll ever see the Canadian back inside the Octagon (quotes via MMA Fighting):

“I’ve been told me and Demian Maia are fighting this weekend,” said Woodley. “I don’t even want to talk about GSP because GSP is playing everybody. I don’t know if he really wants to fight. I don’t know if he really wants to fight me or if he wants to fight Bisping.”

“To be flat out honest, I don’t think he wants to fight me,” he said. “I think he wants to fight someone like Stephen Thompson. (GSP will) think, ‘(Thompson) is someone I’ve trained with, he’s not going to hit me with a concussion.’”

The 170-pound champ also said that he believes St-Pierre doesn’t want to fight him out of fear that he’ll suffer yet another concussion at the hands of the heavy-handed Woodley:

“Think about why (GSP) left the sport. He said he had some personal issues. He also spoke about the rampant usage of PEDs in the sport, and also, concussions.

“What guy that’s on the list is going to give him a concussion besides me?” he asked. “Not Demian Maia, most likely not Michael Bisping. Bisping is known for enduring damage, being resilient and always pushing forward.

“Most likely not ‘Wonderboy’, because Georges came from a sport karate background. He’s trained with Stephen Thompson. I think if ‘Wonderboy’ had beat me, (GSP) would have fought him. If Demian Maia comes out on top this weekend, I think he’ll fight him.

“I just don’t think that he wants to come in after three years and face a guy like me who is completely determined not to lose his belt.”

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Daniel Cormier Thinks Rivalry With Jon Jones Is Growing Old

It’s been well over two years since Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones met for a first time at Jan. 2015’s UFC 182, where Jones scored a unanimous decision victory to defend his then-held title, but their rivalry hasn’t simmered down since. The two were supposed to rematch at UFC 197 last year, but an injury […]

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It’s been well over two years since Daniel Cormier and Jon Jones met for a first time at Jan. 2015’s UFC 182, where Jones scored a unanimous decision victory to defend his then-held title, but their rivalry hasn’t simmered down since.

The two were supposed to rematch at UFC 197 last year, but an injury to Cormier put the bout on hold. The bout was then rescheduled for last July’s UFC 200, but Jones was forced to withdraw just days prior after being notified of a potential anti-doping violation by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). He was subsequently suspended for a year.

Now, the two light heavyweight titans are finally set to meet for a second time in the main event of this weekend’s (July 29, 2017) UFC 214 from Anaheim, California. Cormier’s title will be on the line, but he recently admitted that the long-held rivalry with Jones has ‘gotten a bit old.’

“DC” also said that if he doesn’t win the fight, then there is ‘no rivalry’:

“I just feel like, competitively, it’s the highest level MMA that we can see,” Cormier said on yesterday’s media conference call. “I think it’s gotten a bit old because we’ve had to do this on so many different occasions. But as I’ve said time and time again, this rivalry is only a rivalry when I win the fight this weekend. If I don’t win the fight it’s no rivalry. It’s just two guys who were fighting on more than one occasion. It’s a rivalry when I win this weekend. But it’s gotten a bit old because we’ve done it so many times. But outside of that, to me, I feel like it’s the highest level of mixed martial arts that people can experience.”

In regards to all of the animosity and bad blood between the two, Cormier said ‘it’s all noise’:

“It’s all noise, man,” Cormier said. “All the other stuff from before, whatever. The anger and the animosity and all the bad blood and all that other stuff the fight was built on the first time, I really don’t care about it any more. For me, it’s about getting in there and competing. Going in there and doing what I feel I’m able to do, which is getting the job done. So no, it doesn’t bother me. Nothing bothers me.”

Cormier is certainly correct in saying that this fight represents the highest level of MMA possible, but is he also right when he says the rivalry has gotten old?

Who do you expect to come out on top in Cali this weekend?

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