{"id":246288,"date":"2017-08-09T06:27:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T13:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=246288"},"modified":"2017-08-09T06:27:54","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T13:27:54","slug":"new-yorks-jon-jones-willing-rematch-alexander-gustafsson-not-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/new-yorks-jon-jones-willing-rematch-alexander-gustafsson-not-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"New York&#8217;s Jon Jones is willing to rematch Alexander Gustafsson \u2013 but not in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Jones is once again the UFC light heavyweight champion. The MMA great and pound-for-pound stalwart reclaimed the throne in late July, when he <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc-214\/ufc-214-results-jon-jones-defeats-daniel-cormier-highlights\/\">removed Daniel Cormier&#8217;s batteries with a third-round kick to the head<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This win marked Jones&#8217; successful return after a long stretch on the shelf. During his hiatus, MMA was finally legalized in his home state of New York, while the UFC made its long-awaited debut in New York City. As a New Yorker, you might expect Jones to be eager to fight in the state, perhaps even as a part of UFC 217, which is scheduled for November 4 inside New York City&#8217;s hallowed Madison Square Garden. Apparently, however, this is not the case.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2017\/08\/ufc-champ-jon-jones-open-to-alexander-gustafsson-rematch-but-not-in-new-york-city\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a> earlier this week, Jones admitted that he would be willing to rematch his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-goes-off-fcking-dork-alexander-gustafsson-gustafsson-fires-back\/\">old rival Alexander Gustafsson<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-jon-jones-gives-update-brock-lesnar-fight\/\">while Brock Lesnar serves his USADA suspension<\/a> \u2013 but assured that doesn&#8217;t want this rematch to occur in his native New York.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cEvery fight gets my blood flowing,\u201d Jones explained. \u201cI know how important it is to never underestimate anyone. I get up for every one. I think the Gustafsson fight is an option for us right now. We\u2019re just going to wait and see. We\u2019re weighing our options right now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTo be honest, I love being from New York, but my whole thoughts and dreams of fighting in New York \u2013 they\u2019re kind of starting to fade,\u201d Jones continued. \u201cLooking at it from a business standpoint, it\u2019s not a really good idea to pay 9 percent to the state of New York off the top just for fighting here. With 9 percent of every $1 million, that will add up real quick.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI realize people from all over the world are going to watch it, whether it\u2019s in Vegas or Canada or wherever. It would have been great to be the first person to fight at Madison Square Garden, but now that it\u2019s happened and everything \u2026 I want to do it eventually, but it\u2019s not something that\u2019s a dream the way it used to be.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Would you like to see Jon Jones join the UFC 217 lineup in New York?<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 8\/9\/2017.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Jones is once again the UFC light heavyweight champion. The MMA great and pound-for-pound stalwart reclaimed the throne in late July, when he removed Daniel Cormier&#8217;s batteries with a third-round kick to the head. This win marked Jones&#8217; successful return after a long stretch on the shelf. 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