{"id":322307,"date":"2019-08-13T11:18:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T18:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=322307"},"modified":"2019-08-13T11:18:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T18:18:26","slug":"johnny-walker-wants-to-fight-jon-jones-so-everyone-can-see-who-is-the-real-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/johnny-walker-wants-to-fight-jon-jones-so-everyone-can-see-who-is-the-real-champion\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Walker wants to fight Jon Jones so &#8216;everyone can see who is the real champion&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rising light heavyweight contender Johnny Walker is set to fight Corey Anderson next at UFC 244, but he still has his eyes set on a showdown against Jon Jones.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian star has been <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/johnny-walker-confident-he-can-beat-jon-jones-now\/\">talking about a fight against Jones for the last few months<\/a>. That didn&#8217;t stop when he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/8\/12\/20759122\/johnny-walker-believes-he-could-punish-jon-jones-on-the-ground\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spoke to the EuroBash Podcast<\/a> recently and said he wants to fight Jones to prove he&#8217;s the best light heavyweight in the world. Thiago Santos wasn&#8217;t able to beat Jones, ultimately losing a narrow split decision, and Walker thinks he can do a better job against the champ if he gets the opportunity to fight him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know Jon Jones can do better than that, and that\u2019s why I want to fight him. I know I can give him the proper fight,&#8221; Walker said. &#8220;I can push him to fight better and then everyone will see who Jon Jones is, then everyone can see who is the real champion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walker is 17-3 as a pro, including a perfect 3-0 mark so far in the Octagon. In three UFC fights he&#8217;s knocked out Khalil Rountree, Justin Ledet and Misha Cirkunov all in the first round.<\/p>\n<p>Despite primarily being a striker during his UFC tenure, Walker believes he would actually have an advantage against Jones on the mat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could use his style as well. He can take me down, but I can take him down as well,&#8221; Walker said. &#8220;I could give him a proper ground fight, nobody has been able to give him any punishment on the ground, I think I can punish him on the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/corey-anderson\/report-johnny-walker-set-to-return-at-ufc-244-in-new-york-against-corey-anderson\/\">First, he takes on Anderson later this year in New York at UFC 244<\/a>. Should Walker defeat Anderson, the calls for a fight against Jones will reach an all-time high.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Johnny Walker would give Jon Jones a competitive fight or does he need more time to grow as a fighter?<\/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 8\/13\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rising light heavyweight contender Johnny Walker is set to fight Corey Anderson next at UFC 244, but he still has his eyes set on a showdown against Jon Jones. The Brazilian star has been talking about a fight against Jones for the last few months. 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