{"id":191629,"date":"2016-04-13T08:51:20","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T15:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=191629"},"modified":"2016-04-13T08:51:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T15:51:20","slug":"mike-tyson-reveals-his-thoughts-on-jon-jones-and-conor-mcgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/mike-tyson-reveals-his-thoughts-on-jon-jones-and-conor-mcgregor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Tyson reveals his thoughts on Jon Jones and Conor McGregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor and Jon Jones are undoubtably two of the biggest stars in MMA history.  Both men are relatively polarizing figures, with many viewers either being very supportive, or very critical. <\/p>\n<p>Jones is currently gearing up for his UFC 197 light heavyweight <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 title fight<\/a> against Ovince Saint-Preux on April 23rd.  McGregor on the other hand is preparing for his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/nate-diaz\/conor-mcgregor-vs-nate-diaz-ii-set-for-ufc-200-jose-aldo-vs-frankie-edgar-for-interim-belt\/\">UFC 200 welterweight rematch<\/a> with Nate Diaz on July 9th.<\/p>\n<p>One man who is familiar with promoting his fights is Boxing icon &#8216;Iron&#8217; Mike Tyson.  Tyson spoke about both fighters in an interview with Fighters Only Magazine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/ufc\/507656\/Mike-Tyson-a-fan-of-Conor-McGregor\" target=\"_blank\">The Mirror<\/a> has the quotes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cConor is very charismatic. Jon Jones is bad, but deep down he\u2019s a decent kind of person and very shy. Whereas this guy, Conor, he\u2019s the man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe reminds me of the old-time boxers, one of those guys that\u2019s just into everything. He walks into the room and everybody stands up. He sucks the air out of the room. He\u2019s just a really interesting guy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe does things nobody else has been able to do too. He\u2019s kind of like an animated character, one that\u2019s real though. He\u2019s a great fighter, but his personality is even bigger than his talent. Isn\u2019t that crazy? He\u2019s got this huge personality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody in MMA has ever had a personality as big as his. Ronda (Rousey) is just like a monster \u2013 the things she would do \u2013 but this guy is different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis personality is phenomenal.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conor McGregor and Jon Jones are undoubtably two of the biggest stars in MMA history. Both men are relatively polarizing figures, with many viewers either being very supportive, or very critical. Jones is currently gearing up for his UFC 197 light heavyweight interim title fight against Ovince Saint-Preux on April 23rd. McGregor on the other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":141345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10089],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mike Tyson reveals his thoughts on Jon Jones and Conor McGregor | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/conor-mcgregor\/mike-tyson-reveals-his-thoughts-on-jon-jones-and-conor-mcgregor\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mike Tyson reveals his thoughts on Jon Jones and Conor McGregor | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Conor McGregor and Jon Jones are undoubtably two of the biggest stars in MMA history. 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