By:MMA Junkie Staff|October 19, 2019 10: 00 PMFollow @MMAjunkie
UFC champJon Jonesappears to welcome a fight withDominick Reyes, but he doesn’t seem overly enthusiastic about it.
Reyes 12 – 0 MMA, 6-0 UFC (strengthened his case to challenge Jones) 25 – 1 MMA, 19 – 1 UFC) for the light heavyweight title when he earneda first-round TKOof Chris Weidman in Friday’s UFC on ESPN 6 headliner. Hemade a valid argumentwhy he should get the shot during his post-fight media rounds, also taking a few shots at “Bones” in the process.
Jones clearly heard Reyes, because on Saturday he responded to “The Dominator” for the first time (viaTwitter):
Many have talk shit, all have fallen. You will do the same
– Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones)October 19, 2019
It appears Jones and his team have some level of hesitation about fighting Reyes next, though. Jones’ manager, Abraham Kawa, said he thinks Reyes could still put together a better resume (viaTwitter):
Reyes is 1-1 in his last 2 i believe. Reyes needs another win first. The W against volkan is ehhhhh most people thought he lost that one.
– Ibrahim Kawa (@Abraham_kawa)October 19, 2019
If a fight with Reyes isn’t next for Jones, what is? He once again teased a move to heavyweight, naming the winner of the Stipe Miocic vs. Daniel Cormier trilogy as a potential foe (viaTwitter):
I should just wait for the winner of DC and Stipe? Let these light heavies figure out who’s going to present the best challengehttps://t.co/PfTK5LxrJN
– Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) (October) , 2019
Probably going to need a few months to pack on some muscle anyway
– Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) (October) , 2019
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