Jon Jones teased of a ‘big fight announcement’ earlier this year, but the reigning UFC light heavyweight champion never did reveal his opponent.
Well, the pound-for-pound No. 1 explained at the UFC 247 press conference earlier this month that he was looking to fight heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic, but the bout never came to fruition.
Instead, Jones will defend his light heavyweight title against Dominick Reyes at UFC 247 and Miocic will rematch Daniel Cormier sometime in the new year.
“I was trying to get a Stipe Miocic fight,” Jones told reporters in Las Vegas (h/t MMA Fighting).