{"id":352915,"date":"2020-06-11T12:22:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=352915"},"modified":"2020-06-11T12:23:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T19:23:10","slug":"dominick-reyes-its-obvious-jon-jones-is-ducking-rematch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dominick-reyes-its-obvious-jon-jones-is-ducking-rematch\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominick Reyes: It&#8217;s &#8220;obvious&#8221; Jon Jones is ducking rematch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dominick Reyes believes it&#8217;s obvious that it&#8217;s &#8220;obvious&#8221; that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is avoiding him.<\/p>\n<p>Reyes challenged Jones for the UFC light heavyweight title back in February. Despite Jones&#8217; reputation as one of the greatest fighters of all times, Reyes pushed him to the brink of defeat.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, the judges&#8217; awarded the decision\u2014and the light heavyweight title\u2014to Jones. Yet many viewers, including UFC President Dana White, felt the verdict should have gone the other way.<\/p>\n<p>Ever since he came up short to Jones, Reyes has been chomping at the bit for a rematch. Unfortunately for him, Jones is currently butting heads with the UFC over payment issues, and has threatened to vacate the light heavyweight title if his demands aren&#8217;t met.<\/p>\n<p>According to Reyes, however, Jones is avoiding their rematch.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dominick Reyes: &quot;Jon Jones is doing everything he can to avoid fighting me...&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EfYmCUc0rzk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was obvious man, that last fight was a dog fight and I took it to him,\u201d Reyes said in an interview with Chael Sonnen. recently (view <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mmanews.com\/dominick-reyes-thinks-its-obvious-jon-jones-is-ducking-ufc-rematch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MMA News<\/a>). \u201cI pushed him to his limits. I pushed him somewhere he\u2019s never been. He\u2019s never been out-struck, he\u2019s never been hurt like that, he\u2019s never had an opponent that wasn\u2019t afraid of him at all. \u2026 He\u2019s not willing to lose his belt for less than whatever million dollars. He knows that belt is close to being lost, so he\u2019s doing whatever he can to avoid fighting me again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Reyes is convinced Jones is ducking him, Jones has claimed he&#8217;d be happy to rematch his recent foe <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-would-love-to-fight-dominick-reyes-again-but-he-has-some-conditions\/\">under the right conditions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019d love to fight him again,&#8221; Jones said on Twitter recently. &#8220;I\u2019m just waiting for the UFC to make the reward worth the risk. Unless the organization treat it like a super fight, I might as well stay on schedule fighting the next guy in line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to see Jon Jones and Dominick Reyes run it back?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dominick Reyes believes it&#8217;s obvious that it&#8217;s &#8220;obvious&#8221; that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is avoiding him. Reyes challenged Jones for the UFC light heavyweight title back in February. Despite Jones&#8217; reputation as one of the greatest fighters of all times, Reyes pushed him to the brink of defeat. 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