{"id":350786,"date":"2020-05-19T10:11:39","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T17:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=350786"},"modified":"2020-05-19T10:11:39","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T17:11:39","slug":"alistair-overeem-jon-jones-can-definitely-beat-francis-ngannou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/alistair-overeem-jon-jones-can-definitely-beat-francis-ngannou\/","title":{"rendered":"Alistair Overeem: Jon Jones can &#8220;definitely&#8221; beat Francis Ngannou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alistair Overeem is very confident that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones could win a heavyweight fight with Francis Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>Jones and Ngannou have been going back and forth on social media over the last week or so, with both men <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-is-certain-hed-beat-francis-ngannou-and-ready-to-prove-it\/\">expressing their interest<\/a> in a potential fight.<\/p>\n<p>Overeem has an interesting vantage point with respect to this potential matchup, having trained with Jones and fought Ngannou.<\/p>\n<p>By his estimation, it is definitely a fight the light heavyweight champion can win.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Having faced Francis Ngannou and trained with Jon Jones, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Alistairovereem?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@alistairovereem<\/a> loves the idea of a \u201cmega fight\u201d between the two and \u201cdefinitely thinks Jon could beat him.\u201d (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arielhelwani?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@arielhelwani<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mhVcXT4Aae\">pic.twitter.com\/mhVcXT4Aae<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN MMA (@espnmma) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma\/status\/1262440904692051969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been seeing that online, I love that idea of them two,\u201d Overeem told ESPN. \u201cI just love it. I definitely think Jon can beat him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Overeem believes this is winnable fight for Jones, he doesn&#8217;t expect to the light heavyweight to take the fight \u2014 contrary to <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-tells-ufc-to-send-the-deal-for-francis-ngannou-superfight\/\">his comments on social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be honest, with all due respect, I do not think Jon is gonna do that fight,&#8221; Overeem said. &#8220;[He has] not much to win, a lot to lose. Because if he wins, he\u2019s not heavyweight champion. The fight after that would be for the title, I guess.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While Overeem isn&#8217;t particularly optimistic this fight will happen, he hopes it will. At the very least, he&#8217;s enjoying Jones and Ngannou&#8217;s back-and-forth trash talk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a complex situation, but I definitely think Jon can beat him,&#8221; Overeem said. &#8220;It would be mega-fight. So it\u2019s definitely something I am very much looking forward to \u2026. I really enjoy these guys smack talking back and forth. It\u2019s really amusing, and hopefully it will produce some great, great mega fights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Who do you think would win a fight between Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou? Do you share Alistair Overeem&#8217;s confidence in a Jones victory?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alistair Overeem is very confident that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones could win a heavyweight fight with Francis Ngannou. Jones and Ngannou have been going back and forth on social media over the last week or so, with both men expressing their interest in a potential fight. 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