{"id":326811,"date":"2019-09-30T14:24:07","date_gmt":"2019-09-30T21:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=326811"},"modified":"2019-09-30T14:24:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T21:24:07","slug":"jon-jones-responds-to-chris-weidman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-responds-to-chris-weidman\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones responds to Chris Weidman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is set to make his debut in the light heavyweight division when he takes on Dominick Reyes at UFC Boston \u2014 and he’s already thinking about a potential title fight with light heavyweight champ Jon Jones.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s looked that good, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s looked as dangerous,\u201d Weidman said of Jones on a recent episode of Submission Radio<\/a>. \u201cHe\u2019s not finishing, and I see there\u2019s a lot of\u2026 he\u2019s great, but I see there\u2019s definitely holes in there.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always believed there\u2019s a blueprint to beat him. You see it a little bit more, but I always knew he\u2019s beatable, and I think if it was a guy like me with power in the hands and also the wrestling that\u2019s better and jiu-jitsu. So, I think that\u2019s really I take it to him. But no one\u2019s been able to do that yet. He\u2019s done a great job, he adjusts really well in there. So, that\u2019s the goal, is to get in there with him.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jon Jones has now caught wind of these comments from Chris Weidman, he’s responding to the former middleweight champion with a bit of a warning.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2-0w8FFafr\/<\/p>\n

“\u201cYo I\u2019m just checking the news,” Jones said in a video posted to Instagram (h\/t MMA News<\/a>). “Somebody tell Chris Weidman he don\u2019t wanna fight me. Stop. Hey Chris, stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBe careful with that target you\u2019re staring at on my back, it just might bite you in the ass,” the light heavyweight champ added in the caption for the post.<\/p>\n

Jon Jones last fought at UFC 239 in July, when he scraped by Thiago Santos with a split decision victory. While he doesn’t currently have a fight booked, he’s expected to return to the cage in early 2020. If Weidman looks impressive against Reyes, it’s conceivable that he could be the champ’s next challenger.<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 9\/30\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former UFC middleweight champion Chris Weidman is set to make his debut in the light heavyweight division when he takes on Dominick Reyes at UFC Boston \u2014 and he’s already thinking about a potential title fight with light heavyweight champ Jon Jones. \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s looked that good, I don\u2019t think he\u2019s looked as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54459,"featured_media":295815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10095,10091,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nJon Jones responds to Chris Weidman | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Chris Weidman recently said he knows how to beat Jon Jones. 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