{"id":310619,"date":"2019-04-22T09:41:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T16:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=310619"},"modified":"2019-04-22T09:41:32","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T16:41:32","slug":"luke-rockhold-outlines-path-to-jon-jones-title-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/luke-rockhold-outlines-path-to-jon-jones-title-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Rockhold outlines path to Jon Jones title fight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When Thiago Santos knocked out Jan Blachowicz at UFC Prague, he earned a light heavyweight title fight with seemingly unbeatable champion Jon Jones. Former UFC middleweight champion Luke Rockhold, who is now scheduled to battle Blachowicz at UFC 239, is hoping that a similar performance will earn him his own fight with Jones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Submission Radio #185 Robert Whittaker, Luke Rockhold, Al Iaquinta, Brett Okamoto\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/itBTsSr2vIo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThiago Santos just got a world title fight after beating Jan Blachowicz, so I figure if I go out there and put a performance on him, what\u2019s to deny me?&#8221; Rockhold said on a recent episode of Submission Radio (transcript via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MMA Weekly (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mmaweekly.com\/luke-rockhold-expects-jon-jones-showdown-later-this-year\" target=\"_blank\">MMA Weekly<\/a>). &#8220;I mean, what else is there? These guys are scouring around, not taking fights. So I\u2019m gonna go out there and I\u2019m gonna perform and do my job, and then I\u2019m gonna let the chips fall where they may.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Luke Rockhold believes he could fight Jon Jones sooner rather than later, he also understands that it might not happen until later this year or sometime in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d jump on (a fight with Jones) in a heartbeat,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I\u2019ve been training as Jon Jones for (teammate Daniel Cormier) for so many years and I know his style, and like what we have here. So I\u2019m gonna go focus on what I\u2019m doing here this summer and if everything works out, me and Jon will be dancing later this year or 2020.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll be seeing Luke Rockhold and Jon Jones fight in the future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article first appeared on&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><em>BJPENN.COM<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;on 4\/22\/2019.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Thiago Santos knocked out Jan Blachowicz at UFC Prague, he earned a light heavyweight title fight with seemingly unbeatable champion Jon Jones. 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