JON JONES HAS admitted his interest in a fight with Brock Lesnar, but for now he remains focused on regaining the UFC light-heavyweight title.
A potential bout between Jones and Lesnar was put to the youngest champion in UFC history at last night’s press conference for UFC 214 in Los Angeles.
“I’ll deal with Daniel, and then I’ll deal with Brock Lesnar,” Jones said ahead of Saturday night’s clash with reigning UFC light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in the main event of UFC 214.
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The pair were due to headline UFC 200 in July 2016 until Jones — who was stripped of his status as the UFC’s 205lbs champion following his involvement in a hit-and-run incident in 2015 — failed a doping test as a result of a tainted sex pill, for which he was banned for 12 months.
Lesnar’s last involvement in mixed martial arts also came at UFC 200. The former UFC heavyweight champion defeated Mark Hunt at the milestone event in Las Vegas before returning to professional wrestling the WWE.
However, the result was later overturned to a ‘no contest’ as Lesnar failed a doping test. The 40-year-old has intimated that he’s willing to return to the octagon, although he must return to the USADA drug-testing pool in order to complete his one-year suspension.
UFC light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier, who faces Jon Jones on Saturday night.
“Would I fight Jon Jones? Anytime, anywhere,” Lesnar told the Associated Press when asked about the possibility of facing Jones. “Right now he should be worried about DC on Saturday night.”
At last night’s UFC 214 press conference, UFC president Dana White insisted that no talks about such a fight have taken place: “I don’t even know where that thing came from or how it started. First of all, believe me, I haven’t talked to Brock Lesnar and I don’t know.”
Nevertheless, Jones reiterated his interest in taking on Lesnar in a separate interview with BT Sport: “I’d do it in a heartbeat. Absolutely. That’s a fight that would get mainstream America excited. I want to have a fight like that. I want to be part of something like that.
“That would be an awesome fight. It would be tremendous for our sport. It would be a super-fight and I’ve always wanted to be part of a super-fight. That would be awesome.”
Saturday’s meeting of Jones and Cormier is a rematch of their January 2015 but at UFC 182, which Jones won via unanimous decision to successfully defend the light-heavyweight belt he first won in 2011 at the age of 23.
Jones vows to 'deal with Brock Lesnar' after Saturday's clash with Cormier
JON JONES HAS admitted his interest in a fight with Brock Lesnar, but for now he remains focused on regaining the UFC light-heavyweight title.
A potential bout between Jones and Lesnar was put to the youngest champion in UFC history at last night’s press conference for UFC 214 in Los Angeles.
“I’ll deal with Daniel, and then I’ll deal with Brock Lesnar,” Jones said ahead of Saturday night’s clash with reigning UFC light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier in the main event of UFC 214.
The pair were due to headline UFC 200 in July 2016 until Jones — who was stripped of his status as the UFC’s 205lbs champion following his involvement in a hit-and-run incident in 2015 — failed a doping test as a result of a tainted sex pill, for which he was banned for 12 months.
Lesnar’s last involvement in mixed martial arts also came at UFC 200. The former UFC heavyweight champion defeated Mark Hunt at the milestone event in Las Vegas before returning to professional wrestling the WWE.
However, the result was later overturned to a ‘no contest’ as Lesnar failed a doping test. The 40-year-old has intimated that he’s willing to return to the octagon, although he must return to the USADA drug-testing pool in order to complete his one-year suspension.
“Would I fight Jon Jones? Anytime, anywhere,” Lesnar told the Associated Press when asked about the possibility of facing Jones. “Right now he should be worried about DC on Saturday night.”
At last night’s UFC 214 press conference, UFC president Dana White insisted that no talks about such a fight have taken place: “I don’t even know where that thing came from or how it started. First of all, believe me, I haven’t talked to Brock Lesnar and I don’t know.”
Nevertheless, Jones reiterated his interest in taking on Lesnar in a separate interview with BT Sport: “I’d do it in a heartbeat. Absolutely. That’s a fight that would get mainstream America excited. I want to have a fight like that. I want to be part of something like that.
“That would be an awesome fight. It would be tremendous for our sport. It would be a super-fight and I’ve always wanted to be part of a super-fight. That would be awesome.”
Saturday’s meeting of Jones and Cormier is a rematch of their January 2015 but at UFC 182, which Jones won via unanimous decision to successfully defend the light-heavyweight belt he first won in 2011 at the age of 23.
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