{"id":191305,"date":"2016-04-07T11:28:24","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T18:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191305"},"modified":"2016-04-07T11:28:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-07T18:28:24","slug":"photo-jon-jones-sparring-with-yoel-romero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/photo-jon-jones-sparring-with-yoel-romero\/","title":{"rendered":"PHOTO | Jon Jones sparring with Yoel Romero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we get closer and closer to UFC 197, where Jon Jones will look to capture the <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/breaking-ovince-saint-preux-steps-in-to-face-jon-jones-at-ufc-197\/\">interim UFC light heavyweight championship<\/a> against Ovince Saint Preux.  With nearly two weeks left until fight night, Jones has brought in Olympic wrestler and top ranked UFC middleweight Yoel Romero to help him with final preparations.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday footage emerged of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-jon-jones-grappling-with-yoel-romero1\/\">Jones and Romero grappling<\/a>, which was followed up today by a photo of the pair sparring!<\/p>\n<p>Check it out!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"6\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BD5873NgXAZ\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Yes, this is happening right now. @jonnybones @yoelromeromma #jonjones #bones #yoelromero #teamjacksonwink #jacksonwinkmma #jacksonwinkmmaacademy #jacksonwinkinternational #jw #jwmma #mma #mixedmartialarts #mmacamp #p4p #goat #ufcchamp #505 #abq #albuquerque #newmexico<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A photo posted by Official Instagram JacksonWink (@jacksonwink_mma) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2016-04-07T16:19:36+00:00\">Apr 7, 2016 at 9:19am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we get closer and closer to UFC 197, where Jon Jones will look to capture the interim UFC light heavyweight championship against Ovince Saint Preux. 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