Jon Jones exhibits off substantial toughness, getting ready for UFC heavyweight division
Jon Jones amazed just about anyone when he relinquished the UFC light heavyweight championship final fall. At to start with expressing that he was at odds with UFC brass in excess of his wage, Jones at some point came to conditions with the UFC and dedicated to going to the heavyweight division.
Although UFC president Dana White has been steadfast in promising Francis Ngannou the up coming shot at UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic, he wasn’t opposed to giving Jones and immediate title shot when he designed his heavyweight debut.
In simple fact, he has now explained that Jones will get a title shot in his to start with battle in the UFC heavyweight division.
That doesn’t, on the other hand, imply he’s likely to leapfrog Ngannou. With Miocic vs. Ngannou slated to take spot at UFC 260 on March 27, Jones is now anticipated to face the winner.
In planning for his heavyweight debut, Jones, viewed as a single of the biggest combined martial arts fighters of all time, is really hard at operate not simply placing on fat, but creating energy.
A lot of of Jones’s new social media posts have documented his workouts. Two of his most new posts clearly show him lifting several hundred pounds of bodyweight in differing strength training routines created to increase his electric power for the electricity hitters of the UFC’s heaviest division.
Jones most just lately fought a very little over a yr ago, when he defended the UFC gentle heavyweight championship against Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 in Houston, Texas.
With Miocic vs. Ngannou taking place at the close of March, Jones could get a shot at the winner as before long as this summer time, most likely headlining the combat promotion’s summer months centerpiece in July.
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