Jon Jones Reveals Ambitious Fight Plans For 2019
Jon Jones wants to be a lot more active in 2019.
“Bones” spoke to MMAjunkie recently and shed some light on his intentions for his return to the 205-pound division after serving a United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) suspension. He’d like to get anywhere from three to four fights in this year:
“I keep arguing with myself whether I’m going to go once a quarter or just three times this year,” Jones said.
“My goal is to be active. Usually my feet hurt after fights because I’m a heavy kicker. Hopefully I’ll be able to get right back to training and just stay active. That’s my goal.”
Currently, Jones is preparing to make his first title defense since 2015. He’ll be headlining the UFC 235 pay-per-view (PPV) against Anthony “Lionheart” Smith. The show goes down from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 2, 2019. Jones reclaimed the light heavyweight title in December by defeating Alexander Gustafsson for the vacant strap.
Now, he’ll defend against Smith, who is on a three-fight win streak at the moment. In his last fight, Smith submitted Volkan Oezdemir in the third round of their bout at UFC Fight Night 138. Now, the former Bellator and Strikeforce competitor hopes to pull off the biggest upset in the sport’s history and become the first man to ever legitimately beat Jon Jones.
