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UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been so dominant in the 205-pound division that many fans want to see how he’d do in the heavyweight division.<\/p>\n

As he gears up for a title defense against Thiago Santos at UFC 239, however, Jones admitted that he’s in no rush to move up to heavyweight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am interested in fighting at heavyweight but I\u2019m also aware that there\u2019s a lot of work to be done in the light heavyweight division,\u201d Jon Jones told ESPN<\/a> over the weekend (transcript via MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of big fights that people want to see me have in the light heavyweight division so there\u2019s really no need for me to go to heavyweight. I\u2019m doing well where I\u2019m at, I\u2019m making weight really easily and I feel like when the UFC approaches me about a fight they feel will be a megafight and they come with the numbers that would make sense for me to do that, I\u2019ll totally do it. But right now the UFC I think is happy with me being a dominant light heavyweight champion and like we said, there\u2019s a lot of really great new challenges. So there\u2019s a lot of work to be done where I\u2019m at and it\u2019s gonna take that checkbook for me to bounce up to heavyweight.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Jon Jones does move up the the heavyweight division, the biggest attraction waiting for him there would be a third fight with his arch rival Daniel Cormier, who currently owns the heavyweight title. Jones doesn’t seem to share the fans’ interest in this fight, having already fought Cormier twice.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s still a lot of interest in me fighting Daniel Cormier for some reason,” he said. “I don\u2019t really know what it is. The first time I won by unanimous decision and the second time I won by knockout so I don\u2019t know why people want to see us fight again so bad but at heavyweight I guess that would add a few different factors. So yeah, if that\u2019s the fight the world wants to see, I know one thing about the UFC, we give the fans what they want.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cI remember not too long ago people talking about me clearing out the division and that\u2019s nothing I ever believed,\u201d he added, explaining that he still has work to do at light heavyweight. \u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s possible to clear out a division. There\u2019s always gonna be new talent, new dreamers, new challengers and I look at them as my next round of motivation. These guys are all talented and I think it will be a good test for me to show how great I can be by continuing on my winning ways with this new fresh blood.\u201d<\/p>\n

Do you think we’ll ever see Jon Jones fighting in the heavyweight division?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/1\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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