Jon Jones Reacts To OSP Replacing Daniel Cormier At UFC 197

The situation for UFC 197 got a little complicated on April 1, and it was no fool’s day joke, as light-heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier was forced off the card. Due to an undisclosed injury, ‘DC’ dropped out of the first card in his professional career, and quite possibly the biggest. He was set to face his old rival and ex-champion Jon Jones, in the first fight for ‘Bones’ since being stripped and temporarily exiled for his part in the New Mexico hit-and-run last year.

Then we received the news that Jones had a new opponent, after various light-heavy and heavyweights had thrown their names in to the mix. Ovince St Preux would step in on three weeks notice to take the biggest step up in competition possible, facing arguably the greatest (albeit technically former) UFC light-heavyweight champion of all time. It’s certainly going to be a huge test for OSP, who has gone 3-2 in his last five, with losses to Ryan Bader (decision) and Glover Teixeira (submission). But as we know, styles make fights, and St Preux may just have the length and power to hurt Jones.

We haven’t heard a great deal from Jon Jones since his release from custody following another traffic blunder, but he took to Twitter to react to the news that OSP is replacing the injured Daniel Cormier at UFC 197.

Check it out:

Hey @003_OSP just wanted to thank you for stepping up and taking this fight last minute. Grateful for the opportunity to compete with you

— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) April 2, 2016

Has Jones hired someone to run his Twitter account? This seems far too polite.

Moving swiftly on, there were a number of interesting heavyweight challenges issued to ‘Bones’ over the last 24 hours…

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UFC heavyweight Mark Hunt and even the retired Shane Carwin were among a number of very intriguing call-outs of Jon Jones, see them both here:

I’m your man if jones needs a partner late minute call ups im in boiiiii juggernaut baby ready… https://t.co/Vx4cT5ZVCi

— mark richard hunt (@markhunt1974) April 2, 2016

Hey @JonnyBones if you still want to try HWT I am your huckleberry #MMA #UFC

— Shane Carwin (@ShaneCarwin) April 2, 2016