UFC champ Jon Jones breaks silence: ”I’m over the hill”

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UFC champion Jon Jones is getting ready for his first heavyweight title defense against former champion Stipe Miocic. The title bout takes place at UFC 295 in November, and ”Johnny Bones” feel the pressure adding up.

“At this point, I still get really nervous, man. I have nightmares about my opponents. About every hour, Stipe Miocic will cross my mind. He will cross my mind,” Jones said on the OverDogs podcast.

”I could be having a drink, you name it, he crosses my mind. I could be at my kid’s volleyball game and I thinking about Stipe. There’s a lot of mental that goes into it that I don’t think people realize. But the goal is to just conquer that.”

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Jon Jones has massive respect for Stipe

Going into the fight, the champion has big respect for the former title holder, who he calls the the greatest heavyweight ever.

“Stipe has balls. He has courage,” Jones said. “He’s not the youngest fighter, but that is a man. That is a man. I’m not the youngest either. In sports’ years, I’m over the hill, that’s for sure. Especially in combat sports. Stipe, he’s an honorable dude, and I know that he’s a man at the end of the day, and I know that he wants this fight.”

”Everyone else thinks that his back’s against the wall and this is a David and Goliath situation for him. I disagree. I think Stipe is a very capable athlete and I think I owe it to Stipe to give him that chance to fight the best fighter ever. And I think Stipe owes it to me to give me a chance to fight the greatest heavyweight ever.”

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