{"id":317579,"date":"2019-06-27T14:56:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T21:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=317579"},"modified":"2019-06-27T14:56:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T21:56:04","slug":"francis-ngannou-definitely-wants-to-fight-jon-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/francis-ngannou-definitely-wants-to-fight-jon-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Ngannou &#8216;Definitely&#8217; Wants To Fight Jon Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many have been wondering how Jon Jones would fare in the heavyweight division and Francis Ngannou wouldn&#8217;t mind being a dance partner.<\/p>\n<p>Ngannou and Jones are currently on different paths. \u2018The Predator\u2019 is set to take on former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos in the main event of UFC Minneapolis this Saturday night (June 29). Meanwhile, \u2018Bones\u2019 is scheduled to defend his light heavyweight gold against Thiago Santos in the UFC 239 headliner on July 6.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ydFcZ3ivfts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TMZ Sports<\/a> caught up with Francis Ngannou before his fight with &#8220;Cigano&#8221;, where he expressed his interest in a future bout with Jon Jones (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2019\/6\/27\/18761616\/ufc-francis-ngannou-eyes-heavyweight-jon-jones-definitely-want-that-fight-mma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMAMania.com<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Francis Ngannou Definitely Wants Jon Jones Superfight | TMZ Sports\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ydFcZ3ivfts?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, I mean, it would be a good fight, first of all for the fans, for me, yes. Even though Jon Jones is a light heavyweight, this guy has made his legacy, dominating the whole division. He\u2019s a big dude. I met him once, we almost, we are the same height, we are almost the same thing. I might just have a few pounds on him. That would be a legit fight. I\u2019m here for the challenge, but I just want to take things one at a time. I don\u2019t want to mix them up. But yes, I would definitely want that fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones has said that he&#8217;d like to have <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-eyes-three-more-light-heavyweight-fights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">at least three more fights at light heavyweight<\/a> before considering a move up. For now Jones will have to focus on Santos, who has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/thiago-santos-on-jon-jones-everybody-gets-knocked-out-one-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">every intent to send &#8220;Bones&#8221; on dream street<\/a>. It won&#8217;t be long to find out who gets their way in that bout.<\/p>\n<p>While Francis Ngannou has devastating knockout power, he&#8217;ll be facing no slouch in Junior dos Santos. &#8220;Cigano&#8221; is riding a three-fight winning streak with victories over Derrick Lewis, Tai Tuivasa, and Blagoy Ivanov. &#8220;The Predator&#8221; will look to halt dos Santos&#8217; momentum while keeping his own intact. Ngannou finished both Cain Velasquez and Curtis Blaydes in under a minute and hopes to nab his third straight win.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think we&#8217;ll ever see Francis Ngannou and Jon Jones collide?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many have been wondering how Jon Jones would fare in the heavyweight division and Francis Ngannou wouldn&#8217;t mind being a dance partner. Ngannou and Jones are currently on different paths. \u2018The Predator\u2019 is set to take on former UFC heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos in the main event of UFC Minneapolis this Saturday night (June [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54476,"featured_media":280460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10646,10091,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Francis Ngannou &#039;Definitely&#039; Wants To Fight Jon Jones | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou has expressed interest in a bout with current light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/francis-ngannou-definitely-wants-to-fight-jon-jones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Francis Ngannou &#039;Definitely&#039; 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