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Jon Jones reveals career-defining moments forward of UFC 309 title battle in opposition to Stipe Miocic

Jon Jones Lists Key Moments in Career Jon Jones recently spoke to Tom Taylor of Bleacher Report. During the interview Jones recalled some of his biggest wins, such as when he shared the Octagon with his toughest test in early 2009. “Yeah, the first one I start with was Stephen Bonnar,” Jones said. “He was

Jon Jones reveals career-defining moments forward of UFC 309 title battle in opposition to Stipe Miocic

Jon Jones Lists Key Moments in Profession

Jon Jones just lately spoke to Tom Taylor of Bleacher Report. In the course of the interview Jones recalled a few of his largest wins, corresponding to when he shared the Octagon along with his hardest check in early 2009.

“Yeah, the primary one I begin with was Stephen Bonnar,” Jones mentioned. “He was the primary actually well-known person who I fought in opposition to and it was the primary time I noticed that there was gonna be doubters and naysayers. There’s gonna be those that don’t consider in your desires. Folks in my hometown had been like, ‘Stephen Bonnar? The man from The Final Fighter? The man who fought Forrest Griffin?’ On the time, I used to be only a snotty nostril child from Endicott, New York. Nobody had ever heard of me, and I needed to dig and understand that I might be nice and that I can compete with well-known UFC fighters, and once I did my confidence grew a lot.”

The next 12 months, “Bones” grew to become the youngest champion in UFC historical past.

“The following battle could be Mauricio ‘Shogun’ Rua. He was a man that I had grow to be a fan of. I studied a whole lot of Delight fights once I bought into MMA. I watched his destruction of many individuals, and I used to be an actual fan of him. Beating ‘Shogun’ made me really feel like I may do it. Like, I may go on and grow to be undefeated. There was no man that I couldn’t beat. That’s what modified in me, the night time I beat ‘Shogun.’”

Whereas Jones’ beef with Rashad Evans will not be as acknowledged because the Daniel Cormier rivalry, Jones nonetheless holds his battle with “Suga” in excessive regard.

“Then, there have been guys like Rashad Evans the place the private beef was simply so deep, and we truly knew one another personally. I felt like we had been combating for the Jackson’s MMA banner.”

Jones additionally talked about Quinton “Rampage” Jackson placing him by means of “hell,” and that he and Daniel Cormier took years off one another’s lives with their beef.

When you use any quotes from this text, please credit score Tom Taylor of Bleacher Report and depart an H/T to BJPenn.com for the transcription.

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