Jones aims to pin down any doubters
By BOB EMANUEL JR. | Scripps Howard News Service
Social media outlets were abuzz with doubt last month after UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones earned a decision victory against Alexander Gustafsson in the main event of UFC 165.
Now, Jones is out to silence his doubters. Jones requested a fight with Glover Teixeira, the UFC’s top-ranked challenger in the division. A rematch with Gustafsson is next on Jones’ wish list.
”I’m going to fight Glover, and I will answer all the critics about the Gustafsson fight,” Jones said. “I will fight Gustafsson after I fight Glover. I won the fight, but I look at it as a blemish on my record because some people think I didn’t. I promise you, he will be next.”
The Jones-Teixeira bout will likely take place Feb. 1 during Super Bowl weekend in New Jersey.
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— Yushin Okami, Ryan Couture and Mike Ricci were among the fighters recently released from the UFC.
— UFC middleweight Michael Bisping is still sidelined with an eye injury, and pulled out of the main event of this month’s UFC Fight Night 30 against Mark Munoz.
Bisping will be replaced by Lyoto Machida, who is dropping from light heavyweight to middleweight.
