{"id":318251,"date":"2019-07-04T17:50:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-05T00:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=318251"},"modified":"2019-07-04T17:50:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T00:50:57","slug":"michael-bisping-believes-francis-ngannou-would-sleep-jon-jones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/michael-bisping-believes-francis-ngannou-would-sleep-jon-jones\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Bisping believes Francis Ngannou would sleep Jon Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a long time, many people have been clamoring to see light heavyweight king Jon Jones <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/exclusive-interviews\/exclusive-coach-jon-jones-has-no-plan-to-move-up-to-heavyweight-anytime-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">move up to heavyweight<\/a>. He has almost cleaned out the entire 205lbs division, and there are plenty of challenges awaiting &#8220;Bones&#8221; at heavyweight.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, a fight against surging heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou has sparked the interest of fights fans. \u2018The Predator\u2019 has been adding to his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/francis-ngannou-definitely-wants-to-fight-jon-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">knockout reel <\/a>lately, his latest victim being former heavyweight champion Junior dos Santos.<\/p>\n<p>Former UFC middleweight Michael Bisping has considered the possibility, and believes Francis Ngannou would hand Jon Jones his first \u2018real\u2019 loss.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t help but think that Francis Ngannou pretty much knocks out everybody right now,\u201d Bisping said on his podcast &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCMTmbsnNJ8zj7E0UZfsoS7A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Believe You Me<\/a>&#8216;. \u201cOf course I think \u2018DC\u2019 would be the worst matchup. \u2018DC\u2019 would be the worst matchup because of the wrestling. And of course Stipe (Miocic) beat him as well, so we can\u2019t do a disservice to Stipe. But I\u2019ve got a feeling Ngannou would beat Jones. I just do. I know Jones is a good wrestler, he\u2019s got a real nice, fast double leg entry. But I don\u2019t know, I reckon Jones vs. Ngannou, Ngannou takes it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not only does he believe Francis Ngannou would win the fight, but he also believes he would knock out Jon Jones, which no one has been able to do yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m telling you, Ngannou connects with Jon Jones flush, Jones is going to sleep,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That\u2019s a fact. I\u2019m sorry, I\u2019m not being a hater on Jones for saying that. I\u2019m being pro-Ngannou.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For now, Jon Jones has<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-eyes-three-more-light-heavyweight-fights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> committed to staying at light heavyweight<\/a> but mentions he would need to be paid in order to move up. Whether or not a fight against Francis Ngannou is a big enough payday is unknown, but<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/opinion-unspoken-roadblock-impeding-francis-ngannous-heavyweight-title-shot-is-jon-jones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> it would no doubt be a big fight for both of them<\/a> and a very intriguing bout.<\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Michael Bisping that Francis Ngannou would knock out Jon Jones if the two were to fight? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p><em>This article first appeared on<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0BJPenn.com<\/a>\u00a0on 7\/4\/2019<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a long time, many people have been clamoring to see light heavyweight king Jon Jones move up to heavyweight. He has almost cleaned out the entire 205lbs division, and there are plenty of challenges awaiting &#8220;Bones&#8221; at heavyweight. Most recently, a fight against surging heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou has sparked the interest of fights [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":318258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10646,10091,10128,39610],"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>Michael Bisping believes Francis Ngannou would sleep Jon Jones | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Michael Bisping believes if the two were to fight that Francis Ngannou would hand Jon Jones his first real loss, not by disqualification\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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