{"id":324786,"date":"2019-09-09T06:02:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T13:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=324786"},"modified":"2019-09-09T06:02:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T13:02:47","slug":"jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier at UFC 242"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Jones made an accurate prediction for the UFC 242 main event, but was rooting for Dustin Poirier in the run-up to Poirier&#8217;s lightweight championship opportunity against Khabib Nurmagomedov.<\/p>\n<p>The lightweight stars faced off at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi. The undefeated champion Nurmagomedov was a clear favourite. So, it was no big surprise when he sealed the victory and <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/ufc-242-results-khabib-nurmagomedov-submits-dustin-poirier-highlights\/\">submitted Poirier in the third round<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Jon Jones was hoping the underdog would take home the championship belt, as he described at a press day earlier this summer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m rooting for Dustin, me and Dustin, we\u2019ve worked together. We\u2019re both sponsored by PureKana CBD\u2026so he\u2019s one of my business partners and I, quite frankly, don\u2019t like Daniel Cormier teammates,&#8221; Jones said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hKejzyOxUeM&amp;t=263s\">MMA Junkie<\/a>). &#8220;So I am rooting for Dustin Poirier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jon Jones has a long-standing beef with <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/daniel-cormier-says-jon-jones-encounter-at-espys-was-not-friendly\/\">Daniel Cormier<\/a>. &#8216;DC&#8217; trains at American Kickboxing Academy with Javier Mendez, the same location where Khabib Nurmagomedov trains. Cormier and Nurmagomedov are very close, so Jones would unsurprisingly root for Poirier.<\/p>\n<p>However, when asked who he had his money on to win, Jones made an informed decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKhabib\u2019s a wrestler,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I\u2019m a wrestler, and wrestlers, oftentimes get to dictate where the fight goes\u2026If I had to bet the house, I would lean on Khabib\u2019s side, but I am hoping that Poirier can pull it off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jon Jones is currently ranked, No. 1 in the UFC&#8217;s official pound-for-pound rankings. However, many are arguing that Nurmagomedov has proved he deserves the number one spot since he beat Poirier and maintained his 28-0 title reign.<\/p>\n<p>Jones prediction proved that using your head over your heart is the usually the best way to make fight predictions. Who do you want to see Jones fight next? Let us know in the comments below.<\/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 9\/9\/2019. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Jones made an accurate prediction for the UFC 242 main event, but was rooting for Dustin Poirier in the run-up to Poirier&#8217;s lightweight championship opportunity against Khabib Nurmagomedov. The lightweight stars faced off at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi. The undefeated champion Nurmagomedov was a clear favourite. So, it was no big surprise when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54472,"featured_media":300271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10297,10091,10114,39610,46766],"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>Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier to defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov in the UFC 242 main event.\" \/>\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\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 | BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier to defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov in the UFC 242 main event.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"| BJPenn.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-09-09T13:02:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jon-Jones-14.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"696\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"399\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Natasha Hooper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@bjpenndotcom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Natasha Hooper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Natasha Hooper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/6afee226d3c5a7d8ae115ba73b6c429e\"},\"headline\":\"Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier at UFC 242\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-09T13:02:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-09T13:02:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Dustin Poirier\",\"Jon Jones\",\"Khabib Nurmagomedov\",\"UFC\",\"UFC 242\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2019\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/\",\"name\":\"Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 | BJPenn.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-09-09T13:02:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-09-09T13:02:47+00:00\",\"description\":\"UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier to defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov in the UFC 242 main event.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"MMA News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"UFC\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier at UFC 242\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"description\":\"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization\",\"name\":\"| BJPenn.com\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":148,\"caption\":\"| BJPenn.com\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/6afee226d3c5a7d8ae115ba73b6c429e\",\"name\":\"Natasha Hooper\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/natasha-hooper\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 | BJPenn.com","description":"UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier to defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov in the UFC 242 main event.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 | BJPenn.com","og_description":"UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier to defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov in the UFC 242 main event.","og_url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/","og_site_name":"| BJPenn.com","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","article_published_time":"2019-09-09T13:02:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":696,"height":399,"url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jon-Jones-14.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Natasha Hooper","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_site":"@bjpenndotcom","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Natasha Hooper","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/"},"author":{"name":"Natasha Hooper","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/6afee226d3c5a7d8ae115ba73b6c429e"},"headline":"Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier at UFC 242","datePublished":"2019-09-09T13:02:47+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-09T13:02:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/"},"wordCount":325,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Dustin Poirier","Jon Jones","Khabib Nurmagomedov","UFC","UFC 242"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2019","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/","name":"Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier at UFC 242 | BJPenn.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website"},"datePublished":"2019-09-09T13:02:47+00:00","dateModified":"2019-09-09T13:02:47+00:00","description":"UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier to defeat Khabib Nurmagomedov in the UFC 242 main event.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-explains-why-he-was-rooting-for-dustin-poirier-at-ufc-242\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MMA News","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"UFC","item":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Jon Jones explains why he was rooting for Dustin Poirier at UFC 242"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#website","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","name":"| BJPenn.com","description":"MMA &amp; UFC News, Results &amp; Fight Videos","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#organization","name":"| BJPenn.com","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/bj_penn_logo_amp.png","width":600,"height":148,"caption":"| BJPenn.com"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/instagram.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/bjpenn","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/bjpenndotcom\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/0fficialbjpenn","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bjpenn","https:\/\/twitter.com\/bjpenndotcom"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/#\/schema\/person\/6afee226d3c5a7d8ae115ba73b6c429e","name":"Natasha Hooper","url":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/author\/natasha-hooper\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324786"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54472"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}