{"id":204057,"date":"2016-09-13T10:46:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T17:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=204057"},"modified":"2016-09-13T10:46:11","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T17:46:11","slug":"stipe-miocic-want-fight-jon-jones-ill-fight-jon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/stipe-miocic-want-fight-jon-jones-ill-fight-jon\/","title":{"rendered":"Stipe Miocic: &#8216;If they want me to fight Jon Jones, I&#8217;ll fight Jon &#8230;&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m starting to realize the hype is real with that guy. He&#8217;s legit, [it] would be the challenge of a lifetime,&#8221; is what former UFC light heavyweight champion <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-interested-potential-superfight-stipe-miocic\/\">Jon Jones tweeted<\/a> when a fan asked how he thinks he would do in a fight against heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#39;m starting to realize the hype is real with that guy. He&#39;s legit, I would be the challenge of a lifetime <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ybke2pAtAC\">https:\/\/t.co\/ybke2pAtAC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonnyBones\/status\/775184122805268480\">September 12, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Following Miocic&#8217;s first successful title defense at UFC 203 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-stipe-miocic-tkos-alistair-overeem\/\">over Alistair Overeem<\/a> that took place this past weekend in his hometown of Cleveland Ohio, Miocic responded to Jon Jones comments about a potential matchup between the two.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Listen, I&#8217;ll fight whoever. Man, he&#8217;s a great guy, we&#8217;ve talked before, very nice guy to me,&#8221; Miocic told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2016\/09\/12\/stipe-miocic-jon-jones-ufc\/\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ<\/a> after hearing what Jones tweet. &#8220;Hey, listen right now I&#8217;m not worried about it. Just going to chill, hang out with the wife, we&#8217;re moving into a new house in a couple of weeks so it&#8217;s all good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Days before his UFC 200 light heavyweight title unification bout against champion Daniel Cormier, it was revealed that &#8220;Bones&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/ufc-releases-statement-jon-jones-potential-anti-doping-policy-violation\/\">tested positive for banned substances<\/a> and was pulled from the July 9 fight. Jones is currently on a temporary suspension while he goes through &#8220;a full fair legal review process that is afforded to all athletes before any sanctions are imposed.&#8221; When Miocic was asked if he had a problem being matched up with Jones after the numerous issues that Jones has had outside of the Octagon, none of them seemed to have bothered the heavyweight champ too much.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No man listen, like I said, I&#8217;ll fight whoever they want me to fight,&#8221; Miocic said. &#8220;If they want me to fight Jon, I&#8217;ll fight Jon, or whoever they want me to fight next \u2014 Cain [Velasquez] JDS [Junior dos Santos], [Fabricio] Werdum, I don&#8217;t care.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right now, I&#8217;m just going to let the body heal a little bit. I&#8217;m a little tired.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If the heavyweight showdown were to take place, how would you see the fight going between Stipe Miocic and Jon Jones? 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