{"id":332101,"date":"2019-11-14T10:38:42","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T18:38:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=332101"},"modified":"2019-11-14T10:38:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T18:38:42","slug":"corey-anderson-jon-jones-is-avoiding-risky-fight-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/corey-anderson-jon-jones-is-avoiding-risky-fight-with-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Corey Anderson: Jon Jones is avoiding &#8216;risky&#8217; fight with me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Corey Anderson wants a fight with UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. Unfortunately, he believes Jones is avoiding the matchup because of the high risks it poses.<\/p>\n<p id=\"JN5EYK\">\u201cI\u2019ve been saying it since last year when I called for the fight,\u201d Anderson told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmafighting.com\/2019\/11\/14\/20952979\/corey-anderson-believes-jon-jones-is-avoiding-him-fires-back-at-anthony-smith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA Fighting<\/a>. \u201cHe tweeted me saying, \u2018You want the smoke?\u2019 I answered back I want it right now. All of a sudden, he started dilly-dallying around my name, calling other people out. He\u2019s avoiding me. He called me out thinking I would hesitate. I want that. I need that. I wanted that when I came here.<\/p>\n<p id=\"qqmEQi\">\u201cWhen you look back at\u00a0UFC 181,\u00a0I beat\u00a0Justin Jones,\u00a0and I said back then I beat a Jones, but the goal is to beat the Jones with the belt. I want it. I think he knows it\u2019s a dangerous fight. It\u2019s a risky fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the last few days, Jones has made it clear that he plans on fighting Dominick Reyes \u2014 not Corey Anderson \u2014 next. The champ has claimed that he considers Reyes the more challenging fight of the two.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonnyBones\/status\/1192305372821774337<\/p>\n<p>Anderson isn&#8217;t buying that.<\/p>\n<p id=\"qYp5ZB\">\u201cAll these guys he fights are one-dimensional,\u201d Anderson said, questioning the opponents Jones targets. \u201cDominick Reyes is a great striker, but he doesn\u2019t have the best wrestling defense. He has OK jiu-jitsu. Thiago [Santos], we knew he was a striker, but that was it. We knew Anthony Smith, his only chance was if you gas out and you let him get you down or some sh*t, or he gets you at the end.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elsQg0\">\u201cBut when you\u2019ve got a guy like me who has the cardio, who has the striking, and has the wrestling the same or better than Jon Jones, as well as the jiu-jitsu that can match him, then it\u2019s like, that\u2019s a tricky fight \u2014 does he want that fight right now, or does he want to keep getting these easy wins, stack his bread and keep breaking records?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see Corey Anderson fight Jon Jones?<\/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 11\/14\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Corey Anderson wants a fight with UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. 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