Jon Jones makes shocking Alex Pereira BMF title proposal
Despite all the speculation surrounding his retirement, Jon Jones has made a shock proposal for his potential next fight.
UFC 309 is right around the corner and many believe it could be the last time 'Bones' ever steps into the octagon. Stipe Miocic—whose retirement is also imminent—is considered a legacy fight for the heavyweight champion and is seen as the perfect way for Jones to bow out of the sport.
Jon Jones seemed all but set to lay down the gloves win, lose, or draw on November 16, but that may no longer be the case. Though, even with the backlash he has received, Jones is still uninterested in the Tom Aspinall matchup.
"Well, the interim championship shouldn't have been there in the first place," Jones stated. "The only reason why there was an interim championship fight was because I got hurt and they needed to keep the importance of that Madison Square Garden event."
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"Sergei [Pavlovich] and [Tom] Aspinall shouldn't have been fighting for an interim title in the first place. They should have just been a replacement fight. Just a main event fight."
"I think making it an interim fight was premature. And now you have a bunch of confused people. When you have a dominant champion that's been around as long as I have, there is no reason to put an interim championship belt out there."
According to the man himself, a BMF title fight against Alex Pereira could sway him into postponing his retirement.
"It'll be cool to fight over the heavyweight championship but I would also willingly give up the heavyweight championship. I walked away from the light heavyweight championship and I'd love to walk away from this one as well..."
"Fighting Pereira for the BMF belt, that would be cool. We both have two belts in two weight classes and the night we fought we would be both fighting for our third belt, which would be the BMF. How cool would that be?"
Check out Jon Jones' huge Alex Pereira proposal below.
