{"id":190941,"date":"2016-04-02T15:39:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T22:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=190941"},"modified":"2016-04-02T15:39:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-02T22:39:07","slug":"jon-jones-reacts-to-fighting-ovince-saint-preux-at-ufc-197","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-reacts-to-fighting-ovince-saint-preux-at-ufc-197\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones reacts to fighting Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 197"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday afternoon UFC President Dana White appeared on SportsCenter via telephone to announce that Ovince Saint Preux <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/breaking-ovince-saint-preux-steps-in-to-face-jon-jones-at-ufc-197\/\">would be stepping in<\/a> on short notice to fight Jon Jones in the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-jon-jones-message-ufc-fans-regarding-ufc-197\/\">main event of UFC 197<\/a> for the interim UFC light heavyweight championship.<\/p>\n<p>In the moments after the announcement was made official, Jon Jones released a brief statement through his website, <a href=\"http:\/\/jonnybones.com\/ufc-197\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jonnybones.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em> \u201cOn April 23rd I will be fighting Ovince St. Preux in Las Vegas. 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