{"id":296015,"date":"2018-12-26T05:58:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-26T13:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=296015"},"modified":"2018-12-26T05:58:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T13:58:33","slug":"jon-jones-still-interested-in-big-money-fight-with-brock-lesnar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-still-interested-in-big-money-fight-with-brock-lesnar\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones still interested in &#8216;big money fight&#8217; with Brock Lesnar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones says he&#8217;s still interested in fighting former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar in the future. He considers this fight a win-win for all parties involved.<\/p>\n<p id=\"F7CwqV\">\u201cFighting Brock Lesnar is aways appealing,\u201d\u00a0Jones said\u00a0on the UFC 232 conference call last week (transcript via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2018\/12\/25\/18150876\/jon-jones-says-big-money-fight-against-brock-lesnar-is-always-appealing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cThat\u2019s a win-win situation. That\u2019s a huge money fight and that\u2019s me fighting a guy who\u2019s a hell of a lot bigger than me and everyone wins in that situation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3k68dz\">\u201cI win because of the courage it takes to step in there against a guy who\u2019s way bigger than you, I win because of the pay-per-view that will follow, the fans will win,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It would be great for the sport and it\u2019d be good for everyone involved. So I\u2019m totally up for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jon Jones began to call for a fight with Brock Lesnar ahead of his UFC 214 fight with Daniel Cormier. When Jones defeated Cormier by knockout, he made another callout of the former UFC heavyweight champ.<\/p>\n<p id=\"fBvjNQ\">\u201cBrock Lesnar, you want to know what it feels like to get your ass kicked by someone 40 pounds lighter? Meet me in the Octagon,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, of course, it was revealed that Jon Jones had failed a pre-fight drug test, which meant that his win over Cormier was overturned. This development threw a wrench into his plans to fight Lesnar.<\/p>\n<p>Jones will fight for the first time since his no-contest with Cormier this weekend, in the main event of the chaos-riddled UFC 232 card, where he will fight Alexander Gustafsson.<\/p>\n<p>The card was originally expected to occur in Las Vegas. When a Jon Jones drug test <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-jon-jones-drug-test-catches-atypical-finding-ufc-232-card-moved-to-la\/\">detected a small amount of turinabol<\/a>, however, the Nevada Athletic Commission decided against licensing him. This caused the UFC to move the entire card from Las Vegas to Los Angeles, California \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-exec-jeff-novitzky-defends-decision-to-move-ufc-232-but-fans-are-furious\/\">to the ire of the thousands of fans who bought tickets, flights and hotels to see the card in Sin City.<\/a><\/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 12\/24\/2018.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones says he&#8217;s still interested in fighting former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar in the future. He considers this fight a win-win for all parties involved. \u201cFighting Brock Lesnar is aways appealing,\u201d\u00a0Jones said\u00a0on the UFC 232 conference call last week (transcript via MMA Fighting). \u201cThat\u2019s a win-win situation. 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