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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is all set for his heavyweight debut. The 35-year-old will end his three-year hiatus when he enters the octagon against Ciryl Gane at UFC 285. ‘Bones’ will be walking into a heavyweight title fight on March 5. As such, the former champion spent his three years outside the cage building a physique worthy of the biggest, baddest division. However, fans had a few funny reactions to Jones’ latest comments about his heavyweight physique.

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Jon Jones recently opened up about his heavyweight transition. The former pound-for-pound king mentioned the struggles of gaining muscle without going out of shape.

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He said, “One of the hardest things was not being able to lose my shape while still trying to pack on 40 pounds. I think when the fans see me, they’ll be surprised that I still look a lot like I used to. I freaking gained a whole bunch of a*s, unfortunately — but just trying to keep that shape and doing it the right way,

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However, Jones’ comments opened up new avenues for fans to come up with a few creative jibes at the former champion.

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Fans troll Jon Jones for his comments about his heavyweight physique

Under a Reddit post mentioning Jones’ comments about his transformation, fans had a field day trolling the Albuquerque native.

Following are some of the reactions they had.

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  • He’s on that sh*t that makes your a** grow
  • Power is stored in the a**. Look at any power puncher. Caked. Jon gonna starch Cereal Gains.
  • He’s been eating strictly at the TJ Dillashaw owned Clean Juice locations
  • I hope Gane dominates him. The look on his face would be priceless. He got lucky with Ngannou leaving
  • He will be heavier and as tall as Gane and people are trying to give merit to him changing divisions, he had 3 years and a whole bunch of peds to do it lol. Its not like Izzy or Volk who went up against people who are clearly bigger in short amount of time.
  • New mythical fighter “Double Cheeked Up Jon Jones”.
  • Got that Kim K booty.
  • Jon got fat as fu*k with his HW move. Look at how goddamn puffy his face is. Jon looks like he literally ate DC. How the fu*k do you take 3 years off and just get fat? Drugs. Alcohol. And fast food.
  • But his calves look like malnourished Twix bars
  • He gasses out round 2. If Gane is able to land kicks to his new belly fat, he ain’t gonna hand it well.

Between PED allegations, fat jokes, and fans rooting against him, Jones’ heavyweight debut already has a lot of fans talking about him.

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