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UFC light heavyweight contender Dominick Reyes has a theory about why Jon Jones is moving up to the heavyweight division.<\/p>\n

Reyes, who came up short via a controversial judges’ decision<\/a> in a February showdown with Jones, will fight Jan Blachowicz for the division’s vacant throne at UFC 253 in September. Jones, meanwhile, has been teasing a move up to heavyweight after vacating the light heavyweight title earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Reyes shared his reaction to Jones’ heavyweight move in an interview with ESPN<\/a>\u00a0this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cAw, c\u2019mon man!\u201d Reyes said (via MMA Fighting<\/a>). \u201cThat was my reaction. Like, c\u2019mon bro. Seriously? That\u2019s whack. But then it was like, alright, whatever. The show must go on. Either way I\u2019m fighting, either way I\u2019m going for the belt. The whole goal was to get the belt anyway. It sucks that I can\u2019t beat Jon for it at this time. But I\u2019ll catch him. I\u2019ll catch him later.”<\/p>\n

Reyes also shared a theory about Jones’ heavyweight move, suggesting the former champion is changing division’s to avoid tough challenges.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a little bit shocking,” Reyes said. “But at the same time, not because I try to look at things from other peoples\u2019 perspectives and what they\u2019ve been through and what leads to whatever decision they make and if you look at it, Jon, I think, truly in his heart felt like he won that fight unanimously and he has nothing else to prove in the division. Either that or he\u2019s like, \u2018Hey man, I could really lose my belt to this guy. Let\u2019s avoid that and we\u2019ll just vacate and go up to heavyweight and make a run at the title.\u2019 …<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s moving to heavyweight because those guys are slow, you do realize that, right? He can\u2019t keep up with us anymore,” Reyes added. “After what me and Thiago did to him, he\u2019s like, \u2018Man, I need to go up. These guys are getting too fast, they\u2019re getting too athletic, they\u2019re getting too good. The heavyweights are still slow. I can do my thing against them.\u2019 I think he sees that there are better matchups for him at heavyweight than there are at light heavyweight.\u201d<\/p>\n

What do you think of these comments from Dominick Reyes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UFC light heavyweight contender Dominick Reyes has a theory about why Jon Jones is moving up to the heavyweight division. Reyes, who came up short via a controversial judges’ decision in a February showdown with Jones, will fight Jan Blachowicz for the division’s vacant throne at UFC 253 in September. 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