and beyond.<\/a><\/p>\nThere is one potential Jones matchup, however, that is seemingly off the table: a fight with ostensibly retired light heavyweight knockout artist Anthony “Rumble” Johnson. Speaking on his podcast this week, UFC commentator Joe Rogan pined for a fight between Jon Jones and Anthony Johnson, naming it as a bout he wishes we could have seen.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/youtu.be\/iTLbaarXoW8?t=1460<\/p>\n
\u201cI was really looking forward to that fight, Jon Jones versus Rumble,\u201d he said. \u201cI was really looking forward to that. I wish that fight took place. But for whatever reason, Rumble couldn\u2019t beat the best of the best.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHe said after he retired, in the fight when he lost to [Daniel Cormier], he goes \u2018I\u2019m just good at this.\u2019 He goes \u2018I\u2019m not really a fighter,\u2019 he\u2019s like \u2018I\u2019m an athlete.\u2019 He goes \u2018I\u2019m just really good at this.\u2019 I\u2019m like \u2018how the f**k are you not a fighter? You smash people.\u2019 He\u2019s a terrifying fighter, that\u2019s just not his thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Joe Rogan doesn’t seem optimistic that we’ll ever get to see Jones and Rumble fight, Rumble himself has left the door ever so slightly ajar to the matchup.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI talked to Rumble last week, right? And he said if Jon Jones fought DC (Daniel Cormier) as a heavyweight, and if Jon wins, he wants to come back and this is the only fight he thinks he\u2019d come back to fight, Jon Jones,\u201d Rumble’s manager Ali Abdelaziz said on Ariel Helwani\u2019s MMA Show recently.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnthony Johnson is 285-pounds [right now]. He wants to come back as a heavyweight. But I think it [will] have to be something different. He can\u2019t just come back. He misses the sport and says he will come back to fight someone like Jon Jones.”<\/p>\n
Do you think we\u2019ll ever see Jon Jones and Anthony Johnson collide in the cage?<\/p>\n
This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 1\/9\/2019.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having smashed Alexander Gustafsson to a third-round TKO victory in the main event of UFC 232 in late December, Jon Jones is once again the UFC light heavyweight champion. With the belt once again wrapped around his waist, Jones is now scheduled for a fight with Anthony Smith at UFC 235. If the champ clears […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54459,"featured_media":296050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10108,10151,10091,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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