{"id":84485,"date":"2014-02-01T10:54:13","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T18:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=84485"},"modified":"2022-02-06T12:11:21","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T20:11:21","slug":"a-very-confident-jon-jones-talks-potential-fights-with-velasquez-and-weidman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/a-very-confident-jon-jones-talks-potential-fights-with-velasquez-and-weidman\/","title":{"rendered":"A &#8216;Very Confident&#8217; Jon Jones Talks Potential Fights With Velasquez And Weidman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/a-very-confident-jon-jones-talks-potential-fights-with-velasquez-and-weidman\/jon-jones-wins\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-81403\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-81403\" title=\"Jon Jones Wins\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Jon-Jones-Wins.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Jon-Jones-Wins.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Jon-Jones-Wins-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Jon-Jones-Wins-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Yeah for sure [I\u2019d like to fight Cain Velasquez], but right now I\u2019m preparing to go into probably the toughest schedule I\u2019ve had. Any of the next three guys, they\u2019re monsters. That\u2019s what I\u2019m preparing for is getting through Glover, Gus again &#8212; and a I know a lot people wouldn\u2019t agree that I got through him the first time &#8212; and DC. So that\u2019s my schedule for now.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Dude, I think it would be phenomenal (to fight Weidman), I think it would be awesome. You know I\u2019ve got no reason to make comments about Weidman. Everything you say up here it gets brought back to the fighters, so I don\u2019t want to offend him. I think he\u2019s a great guy. But I\u2019m very confident. I\u2019m a very confident young man, and I\u2019ll just leave it at that.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>During yesterday&#8217;s UFC Fan Q&amp;A, the light-heavyweight champion, Jon Jones discussed possible match ups with his neighboring champions.<\/p>\n<p>Think Jones can take out Weidman or Velasquez or both?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Yeah for sure [I\u2019d like to fight Cain Velasquez], but right now I\u2019m preparing to go into probably the toughest schedule I\u2019ve had. Any of the next three guys, they\u2019re monsters. 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