{"id":297185,"date":"2019-01-05T23:26:11","date_gmt":"2019-01-06T07:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=297185"},"modified":"2019-01-05T23:28:29","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T07:28:29","slug":"breaking-jon-jones-set-to-return-at-marchs-ufc-235-event-in-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-jon-jones-set-to-return-at-marchs-ufc-235-event-in-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking! Jon Jones set to return at March’s UFC 235 event in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"

UFC light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones will apparently be making a quick turnaround and defending his title at March’s UFC 235 event in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

UFC President Dana White told TMZ Sports<\/a> that a title fight between Jon Jones and Anthony Smith is in the works for March’s pay-per-view event.<\/p>\n

According to the report, the fight is contingent on Jones\u2019s application of licensure being approved by the NSAC.<\/p>\n

Jon Jones was most recently seen in action last weekend in Los Angeles where he picked up a third-round knockout victory over Alexander Gustafsson to reclaim his light heavyweight title<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The 205-pound belt was up for grabs at UFC 232 after former “champ champ” Daniel Cormier was forced to vacate his title<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prior to his second career victory over “The Mauler”, Jon Jones was coming off a third-round KO victory over “DC” which took place at UFC 214<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That fight was later overturned to a no-contest, this after Jon Jones was now infamously flagged for having trace amounts of turinabol in his system by USADA.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Anthony Smith last competed at October’s UFC Fight Night event in Moncton, where he earned a third-round submission victory over former division title challenger Volkan Oezdemir<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Anthony<\/p>\n

Prior to his victory over “No Time”, “Lionheart<\/a>” had picked up back-to-back first-round stoppage victories over former division champions Rashad Evans and Mauricio “Shogun” Rua.<\/p>\n

UFC 235 takes place March 2 live from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

In addition to Anthony Smith vs. Jon Jones, the fight card also features a key welterweight battle between former MMA Champions Robbie Lawler and Ben Askren<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Do you think Anthony Smith is capable of dethroning Jon Jones at UFC 235? Sound off in the comments section PENN Nation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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