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Jon Jones is
preparing to make his heavyweight debut, and he’s already making a
case as to why he should leapfrog Francis
Ngannou to be the division’s No. 1 contender.
“Stipe [Miocic] doesn’t want to fight Francis again because the
first fight really wasn’t close,” Jones wrote on Twitter. “Looking at it from
Stipe’s point of view, fighting Francis again is definitely more of
a lose situation than a win. Stipe asked for a new challenge, why
not fight the light heavyweight GOAT?
“Besides, we’re way closer in size. What’s more exciting than
that?”
Jones recently vacated his light heavyweight title in preparation
for a move to heavyweight. A date for his debut in the big man’s
division is unknown, but UFC president Dana White has
stated that Ngannou is next in line to face Miocic, who is
coming of a trilogy victory over Daniel
Cormier at UFC 252.
“Francis is definitely next,” White said following UFC 252. “I
mean, you can’t jump over Francis. Francis has been out there
destroying everybody, and if you look at how long ago it was that
he got that title shot, he’s worked his way back. It belongs to
Francis
Ngannou.”
In his series of tweets, Jones references the first meeting between
Miocic and Ngannou, which the Ohio-based firefighter won in
convincing fashion at UFC 220. Ngannou has turned things around
since then, earning first round finishes against Curtis
Blaydes, Cain
Velasquez, Junior dos
Santos and Jairzinho
Rozenstruik in his last four Octagon appearances.
Jones also turned his attention to former heavyweight king Brock
Lesnar, who is no longer under WWE contract.
“Brock I’ll beatcho ass too,” Jones wrote.
Brock I’ll beatcho ass too
— BONY (@JonnyBones)
August 31, 2020
Jones first
broached the topic of a showdown with Lesnar after facing
Daniel
Cormier for a second time at UFC 214 in July 2017.
“If you want to know what it feels like to get your ass kicked by a
guy who weighs 40 pounds less than you, meet me in the Octagon,”
Jones said in a post-fight interview that night.
Lesnar, 43, has not fought in the UFC since 2016.
