{"id":160876,"date":"2015-08-15T05:13:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T12:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=160876"},"modified":"2022-02-04T18:18:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T02:18:54","slug":"chris-weidman-vs-jon-jones-the-champ-says-absolutely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/chris-weidman-vs-jon-jones-the-champ-says-absolutely\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Weidman vs. Jon Jones? \u2013\u2013 The Champ Says Absolutely!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Weidman-on-Belfort-UFC-187.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145748\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Weidman-on-Belfort-UFC-187.png\" alt=\"Weidman on Belfort UFC 187\" width=\"730\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Weidman-on-Belfort-UFC-187.png 730w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Weidman-on-Belfort-UFC-187-300x156.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Weidman-on-Belfort-UFC-187-585x305.png 585w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Weidman-on-Belfort-UFC-187-390x203.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman will face challenger Luke Rockhold at UFC 194. After that? Who knows, maybe he&#8217;ll fight former light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent Q&amp;A via the New York Mets Twitter account, Weidman answered questions from fans that ranged from all sorts of topics. One of them had to do with moving up to 205. Weidman said he does plan on going up, in a few years and would like to fight whoever the champion is at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Later, Weidman answered a different question by saying that he would like to fight Jon Jones. Of course Jones is currently suspended pending all his legal issues, but there&#8217;s a good chance we&#8217;ll see him in the octagon again, after all, he makes the UFC a lot of money.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NusbaumerMMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NusbaumerMMA<\/a> yeah a couple more years. I want to fight the whoever is the best, the champion. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisWeidmanUFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisWeidmanUFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoinTheTeam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JoinTheTeam<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Mets (@Mets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mets\/status\/632313504737951744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"no\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PatrickandKevin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PatrickandKevin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisWeidmanUFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisWeidmanUFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitiField?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CitiField<\/a> Jon Jones <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoinTheTeam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JoinTheTeam<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Mets (@Mets) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mets\/status\/632313971446517761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UFC Fighters Give Us Their Favorite BJ Penn Moment! 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