‘There’s No Backup Plan’ – Jon Jones Says It’s Heavyweight or Nothing For Him

The UFC heavyweight division has just been introduced to the era of Francis Ngannou. The superhuman Cameroonian beat Stipe Miocic, widely regarded as the greatest heavyweight of all time, to win the heavyweight belt. Now, Jon Jones will have to be the one who will have any chance of stopping him.

Jones announced that he was moving up to heavyweight after defending his light heavyweight title 13 times. He didn’t lose a single fight after his highly controversial loss against Matt Hamill, and absolutely dominated the division, beating everyone in his path.

However, this move up to heavyweight will be the litmus test for a man who people regard as the greatest fighter ever to live. He talked to FightHype.com in a short interview and revealed his plans for the future. The interviewer asked him if there was a backup plan in case his title shot against Ngannou doesn’t materialize, and Jones said no.

“There’s no backup plan. Whether I’m fighting Francis for the title, whether I’m fighting Derrick Lewis for the title, whether I’m Francis’ third, fourth title defense, it won’t matter to me. My goal is to be the heavyweight champion, and the opponent won’t matter,” he said.

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Jon Jones is getting ready for the title fight at heavyweight

Jones showed that he is really serious about this after some doubts about it in the minds of some MMA fans and the UFC President Dana White.

“We’re just getting ready. We’re just getting ready, and we believe that ‘good’ will prevail,” he said, promising a victory against the champion, no matter who he might be. However, a fight against Ngannou would be the hardest one ‘Bones’ has ever been in.

Ngannou has exceptionally scary knockout power. Furthermore, he added some good wrestling to his already overpowered skill set, and now he looks unbeatable.

At UFC 260, ‘The Predator’ stayed patient with his attacks and improved his conditioning. He is likely to fight in the same vein as the defending champion. Hence, Jon Jones will have to give his all to beat this behemoth of a man.

Do you think Jon Jones can beat Francis Ngannou? Do you think anyone can beat ‘The Predator’?