{"id":201892,"date":"2016-08-23T12:54:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T19:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=201892"},"modified":"2016-08-23T12:54:06","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T19:54:06","slug":"anthony-johnson-responds-news-potential-title-eliminator-fight-jon-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/anthony-johnson-responds-news-potential-title-eliminator-fight-jon-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Johnson responds to the news of potential title eliminator fight against Jon Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/dana-white-considering-jon-jones-vs-anthony-johnson-title-eliminator\/\">Dana White dropped a bomb<\/a> on Tuesday when he revealed that he was thinking about a potential UFC light heavyweight title eliminator fight between Anthony Johnson and Jon Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Jones was pulled from the main event fight against champion Daniel Cormier at UFC 200 in July for an <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/ufc-releases-statement-jon-jones-potential-anti-doping-policy-violation\/\">Anti-Doping Policy violation<\/a>, but has recently stated that he and his team have found out <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/video-20\/\">good news regarding the case<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>White also reiterated that things are <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/video-dana-white-jon-jones-got-like-12-lives-things-are-looking-up-for-him\/\">looking much better<\/a> than initially anticipated, which sparked the idea of a fight between Johnson and Jones, but didn&#8217;t make any firm decision as of yet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rumble&#8221; reacted to the news on twitter by saying, &#8220;Breaking news: I&#8217;m laughing hysterically&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Breaking news: I&#39;m laughing hysterically<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anthony Johnson (@Anthony_Rumble) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Anthony_Rumble\/status\/768020579211354112\">August 23, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What are your thoughts on the potential title eliminator bout between Anthony Johnson and Jon Jones? 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