{"id":317548,"date":"2019-06-27T12:22:54","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T19:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=317548"},"modified":"2019-06-27T12:22:54","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T19:22:54","slug":"thiago-santos-on-jon-jones-everybody-gets-knocked-out-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/thiago-santos-on-jon-jones-everybody-gets-knocked-out-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Thiago Santos On Jon Jones: Everybody gets knocked out one day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thiago Santos doesn&#8217;t view Jon Jones as an unstoppable force.<\/p>\n<p>On July 6, Santos will challenge Jones for the UFC light heavyweight title. This will be Jones&#8217; second title defense in his current reign. As for &#8220;Marreta,&#8221; it&#8217;ll be his first title opportunity under the UFC banner. <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/breaking-ufc-239-gets-jon-jones-and-amanda-nunes-title-defenses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jones vs. Santos headlines UFC 239<\/a> inside the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the fight, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Us9p0C5oWFo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN&#8217;s Brett Okamoto<\/a> sat down with Santos. The title challenger made it clear that he isn&#8217;t buying into Jones being unbeatable:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thiago Santos: Jon Jones is just a man | UFC 239 | ESPN MMA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Us9p0C5oWFo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think everybody loses one day. Everybody gets knocked out one day and July 6 will be his day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thiago Santos is known for his power and he didn&#8217;t shy away from saying that he will be looking to shut Jones&#8217; lights off.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes of course, this [is] my style. No problem, no problem. I&#8217;m prepared for five rounds no problem. Always, doesn&#8217;t matter. But I will try [to knock him out] first or second, third, doesn&#8217;t matter [which] round. I will try to do it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked about how his life would change if he were to defeat the widely regarded best pound-for-pound fighter on the planet, Santos wasn&#8217;t interested in putting his attention on it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think this now. My focus [is] just the fight. My focus, July 6 to do my best and win this fight and put the belt on my shoulder. I think [that&#8217;s] just it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thiago Santos is riding a four-fight winning streak. In that span he&#8217;s defeated Jan Blachowicz, Jimi Manuwa, Eryk Anders, and Kevin Holland. &#8220;Marreta&#8221; finished three of the four opponents. Jones has gone 15-0, 1 NC since suffering a controversial disqualification loss to Matt Hamill back in 2009. UFC president Dana White is <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/report-dana-white-attempting-to-get-jon-jones-only-loss-overturned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">looking into getting that defeat overturned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Santos can pull of a historic upset at UFC 239?<\/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 6\/27\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thiago Santos doesn&#8217;t view Jon Jones as an unstoppable force. On July 6, Santos will challenge Jones for the UFC light heavyweight title. This will be Jones&#8217; second title defense in his current reign. As for &#8220;Marreta,&#8221; it&#8217;ll be his first title opportunity under the UFC banner. 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