Fight Hype<\/a>. “I want to be the same size as this guy if not bigger when we get out there. I\u2019ve got a lot of work to do. Hopefully, the fight happens. We\u2019ve just got to stay focused, stay training, and see what the UFC is going to do on their part.\u201d<\/p>\nAlthough Jon Jones doesn’t have a fight date, he says he likes training heavy. And, the way he’s training he’s not getting burnt out. He also believes heavyweight is where he was supposed to be the entire time.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt feels awesome to train heavy. Good to eat whatever I want, obviously I\u2019m on a great diet right now but get to eat tons of food, a lot of rest,” Jones said. “Right now, I\u2019m just living like a total athlete. I\u2019m excited to compete at my full potential going in there without a weight cut. I have two brothers that are really big boys and I feel like this is the guy I was supposed to be the whole time.”<\/p>\n
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Jon Jones is bulking up quite a bit for his potential heavyweight debut against Francis Ngannou. Ever since Jones vacated the light heavyweight title, the plan was to move to heavyweight and he immediately began to bulk up. He has been posting training photos and videos of him transforming his body and according to “Bones” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":359146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[10646,10091,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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