Whereas many have claimed the likes of present champions, Alex Pereira and Tom Aspinall would show a major menace to heavyweight kingpin, Jon Jones, former titleholder, Stipe Miocic is the almost definitely to beat the Rochester native, in keeping with former champion, Randy Couture.
Jones, the present heavyweight champion and a former two-time mild heavyweight titleholder, is predicted to make his return to motion in November in the primary occasion of UFC 309 in Madison Sq. Backyard taking over the above-mentioned Miocic in a rescheduled paring.
First set to take care of two misdeameanor fees in relation to an incident with a drug-testing agent earlier this yr in a digital courtroom listening to later this month, Jon Jones has been sidelined for over 500 days from the Octagon.
In his final outing, Jones landed the vacant heavyweight crown with a blistering first spherical win over former interim gold holder, Ciryl Gane, ending the Frenchman with an early guillotine choke.
Stipe Miocic tipped as greatest menace to Jon Jones
And linked with large championship fights towards interim kingpin, Aspinall in addition to former two-weight champion, Pereira, who at the moment holds mild heavyweight spoils, Jones can be doing effectively sufficient alone to beat Miocic in November, in keeping with sport icon, Couture.
“I feel proper now, due to expertise, Stipe’s in all probability bought the most effective shoting at beating Jon,” Randy Couture instructed InsideFighting. “Aspinall has that uncooked bodily capability and continues to be inexperienced sufficient and younger sufficient that he’s going to be robust for Jon to take care of, particularly if Jon waits any longer as a result of he’s getting stronger and stronger every outing.”
“And I feel the longer Jon waits, the higher he’s going to be, he’s going to be in full stride so it’s fascinating,” Couture continued. “Pereira has some issues to show, shifting up is not any straightforward job. It’s one factor to chop weight and transfer down and there’s nonetheless some questions there even, however shifting up and coping with the larger guys, and Jon’s answered that query already coping with the larger guys, it’s a distinct factor. …”
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