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UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has offered to train Robert Whittaker for his title unification bout with Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n

The news come shortly after \u2018Bones\u2019 complimented Whittaker in a recent interview calling him the \u2018real deal\u2019 and \u2018a stand-up guy\u2019, this while adding that he can\u2019t wait to see Robert \u2018stomp a mudhole<\/a>\u2019 in the face of Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n

The current middleweight champion, Whittaker, will meet the divisions interim title holder (Adesanya) at October\u2019s UFC 243 which is slated for Australia.<\/p>\n

Robert Whittaker later responded to Jon Jones with the following message on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing but respect mate!\u201d<\/p>\n

Most recently, Jones replied Whittaker and offered to help train him for \u2018Stylebender\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201dJust keeping it real,\u201d Jon Jones wrote. \u201cWould be honored to train with you leading up to your fight. Let\u2019s get you more than ready!\u201d<\/p>\n

Jon Jones will return to the octagon<\/a> in the headliner of UFC 239 on July 6 against dangerous knockout artist Thiago Santos.<\/p>\n

\u2018Bones\u2019 is coming off off a unanimous decision win over Anthony Smith, which was preceded by a knockout victory over Alexander Gustafsson at UFC 232 where he reclaimed his light heavyweight throne.<\/p>\n

As for Robert Whittaker, \u2018The Reaper\u2019 will return to the octagon for the first time since defeating Yoel Romero via split decision in June of 2018, this when he squares off with Adesanya at UFC 243.<\/p>\n

Whittaker will enter the fight on a nine fight win streak which includes wins over Yoel Romero, Jacare Souza, Uriah Hall, Derek Brunson and Rafael Natal.<\/p>\n

What do you think of Jon Jones offering to train Robert Whittaker for his middleweight title unification bout with Israel Adesanya at UFC 243 this October? Sound off in the comments section Penn Nation!<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on bjpenndotcom June 27, 2019<\/p>\n

Stay glued to the site for all your MMA News!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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