Despite Jon Jones’ narrow victory over Thiago Santos at UFC 239, which saw ‘Bones’ retain his light heavyweight title in what was arguably his most unconvincing title defense to date, fans aren’t clamouring to see a rematch between the two light heavyweights.
Instead, the fight on everyone’s lips is Jones vs. Cormier III, at heavyweight. Jones has beat Cormier twice at light heavyweight, with the latter win (KO) at UFC 214 being overturned to a No Contest (NC) after ‘Bones’ tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs).
Speaking on a recent episode of Believe You Me, podcast host Michael Bisping predicted a heavyweight trilogy bout between Jones and Cormier would do well over a million pay-per-view buys and believes the UFC would be foolish not to book it.