{"id":191348,"date":"2016-04-08T08:37:32","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T15:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191348"},"modified":"2016-04-08T08:37:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T15:37:32","slug":"jon-jones-i-got-a-lot-of-proving-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-i-got-a-lot-of-proving-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones: &#8220;I got a lot of proving to do&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC pound for pound kingpin Jon Jones may <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-daniel-cormier-opens-up-on-injury-in-first-video-interview\/\">not be facing Daniel Cormier<\/a> in the main event of UFC 197 any more, but the way &#8216;Bones&#8217; sees it, it&#8217;s all part of the journey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/breaking-ovince-saint-preux-steps-in-to-face-jon-jones-at-ufc-197\/\">Jones&#8217; fight with Ovince Saint Preux<\/a> is an interim title fight, however after that, Jones says his story with DC picks up right where it left off.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/sports\/features\/jon-jones-vs-jon-jones-ufc-star-on-his-greatest-opponent-himself-20160407?page=5\" target=\"_blank\">Rolling Stone:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI\u2019m still on a journey to get back the belt I never lost. After I fight Ovince, me and Daniel\u2019s story picks right back up where it left off,\u201d he says. \u201cI know what it feels like to be a champ already. To be sober doesn\u2019t compare. This is the happiest I\u2019ve ever been, without the belt. Now, to be sober with the belt \u2013 that\u2019s going to feel like heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m only at the doorstep of earning my second chance,\u201d he says. \u201cDoing community service was court-ordered. That\u2019s not earning a second chance. Being sober when you\u2019re on probation isn\u2019t earning your second chance. I got a lot of proving to do\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC pound for pound kingpin Jon Jones may not be facing Daniel Cormier in the main event of UFC 197 any more, but the way &#8216;Bones&#8217; sees it, it&#8217;s all part of the journey. 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