“Playing little games”- Jon Jones still hopeful of a fight against Stipe Miocic
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Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic
After his fight against Dominick Reyes at UFC 247, Jon Jones vacated his light heavyweight world title and is temporarily out of the rankings. He shifted his attention to preparing for his long-awaited heavyweight debut and ensuring that he is in proper heavyweight shape. Jon Jones wants to be the greatest in this division, and he isn’t afraid of a challenge, even after a long layoff.
When he resorted to Twitter to express himself, He declared, “The greatest heavyweight of all time versus the greatest light heavyweight, who wants to see it? I’m game.”
He’s declaring his desire to face none other than Stipe Miocic, who is also looking for a fight. As the champion is recovering from his injury, he will be out for a year. In the division, there has been speculation of an intern title fight.
Dana White is hopeful to get Jon Jones back in the cage this year. In an interview with TMZ, White claimed the comeback for him which makes the most sense is Stipe.
“I was just telling somebody the other day, our lineup for this summer is incredible,” White said. “So I’m hoping Jon Jones is going to be part of that lineup this summer. … Stipe makes sense.”
Jon Jones accuses UFC of playing petty politics over his fight against Stipe Miocic
Jon just went live on Instagram, saying that he still wants to fight Stipe in September, but that “The UFC has been playing little games” in getting the fight done. One can only speculate what those games could be, it could either be with the payout or related to the bout. Either way, the fans would be interested to see Jon complete and not present the fans with a new Tussle every day with the UFC.
A fan wrote on Twitter where the news was initially reported, “Jon thinks everyone is salivating over his return because that’s the mentality of champion of his status. It’s been 3 years and the HW division is at it’s best in years. He’s a great addition but not a missing piece anymore and he has no idea that’s the case.”
The sentiments for Jon are loud and clear to understand. Fans are looking forward to seeing Jon compete once more. In the MMA community, he is a divisive character.
Fans are divided between those who want to see him compete in order to see him lose because heavyweight is a new division for him and will be difficult to break into, and those who want to see him compete in order to continue witnessing him achieve greatness. In any case, his return will be a spectacle, to say the least.
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