UFC President Dana White has said the winner of an upcoming title rematch between champ Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou at UFC 260 will serve as Jon Jones’ first test at heavyweight.
The former light heavyweight kingpin’s heavyweight debut is not yet set, but Glover Teixeira believes Jones “has a great shot at becoming champion.”
“I think he beats Miocic,” Teixeira said of fight on Saturday at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. “The complicated one for him is Ngannou – that aggressiveness. But if he gets past the first and second rounds, he beats Ngannou, too.