{"id":190958,"date":"2016-04-03T08:46:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T15:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=190958"},"modified":"2016-04-03T08:46:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-03T15:46:20","slug":"ovince-saint-preux-releases-statement-on-incredible-opportunity-at-ufc-197","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ovince-saint-preux\/ovince-saint-preux-releases-statement-on-incredible-opportunity-at-ufc-197\/","title":{"rendered":"Ovince Saint Preux releases statement on &#8216;incredible opportunity&#8217; at UFC 197"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ovince Saint Preux (19-7 MMA) will take the biggest fight of his MMA career on shot-notice at this month&#8217;s UFC 197 event in Las Vegas when he squares off with former title holder Jon Jones for the promotions\u00a0interim light heavyweight strap.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;OSP&#8221; has gone 3-1 in his past four octagon appearances. His most recent effort saw him score a unanimous decision\u00a0victory over former Strikeforce champ Rafael Cavalcante at February&#8217;s UFC Fight Night 82 event. Prior to that, Saint Preux was submitted in the third-round by Glover Teixeira at UFC Fight Night 73. &#8220;OSP&#8221; also holds two first-round knockout victories over &#8220;Shogun&#8221; Rua and Patrick Cummins in his past four fights.<\/p>\n<p>Saint Preux sent out the following tweet thanking the UFC for the opportunity to fight Jones at UFC 197:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big thanks to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ufc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ufc<\/a> for this incredible opportunity. One question: You down with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OSP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OSP<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UFC197?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UFC197<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KnoxMma?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KnoxMma<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RQQ?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RQQ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#VFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jMsfrWiu30\">pic.twitter.com\/jMsfrWiu30<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ovince Saint Preux (@003_OSP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/003_OSP\/status\/716454477428076545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Are you down with &#8220;OSP&#8221;? Do you think Saint Preux has a chance to upset Jon Jones in the main event of UFC 197 on April 23 in Las Vegas? 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