Glover Teixeira picks Jon Jones over Stipe Miocic, sees ‘subtle’ distress in Francis Ngannou
UFC President Dana White has talked about the winner of an upcoming title rematch between champ Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou at UFC 260 will befriend as Jon Jones’ first take a look at at heavyweight.
The outdated light heavyweight kingpin’s heavyweight debut is now now not but position, but Glover Teixeira believes Jones “has a immense shot at changing into champion.”
“I suspect he beats Miocic,” Teixeira talked about of fight on Saturday at UFC APEX in Las Vegas. “The pleasing one for him is Ngannou – that aggressiveness. However if he will get past the first and second rounds, he beats Ngannou, too.”
After early peril, Miocic outpointed Ngannou using his wrestling to overwhelm the slugger’s heavy palms. Miocic then lost the belt to Daniel Cormier earlier than winning it befriend in a rematch after which defending in a rubber match.
Jones has been documenting his mosey to heavyweight, posting videos of weight practising and pad work. Teixeira believes the ex-champ has “no intentions of ever going befriend to light heavyweight” and predicts he’ll beget masses of success with heavier challenges.
“I’ve heard that Jones has a troublesome time cutting weight,” talked about Teixeira, who served as a backup UFC 259 headliner, in an interview with MMA Combating. “That time he got broad [for the Ovince Saint Preux fight], it took him a whereas to return to his [original] weight, and now he’s doubtlessly performing some work to dash up.
“Jon Jones is lean and younger, [and] this also can very properly be tough for him to return to 205. All of it depends on his fights, but I suspect he’ll attain properly.”
“Bones” has already ruled out a return to his customary division, but the ex-champ has shifted gears prior to now. In a most modern social media post, Jones implied he weighed 250 pounds, writing “it feels correct to now now not be depriving myself of food anymore, can’t match any of my suits but I’m transferring properly.”
Extra honest nowadays, Jones talked about conditioning worked against his efforts to bulk up, leaving him at 245 pounds.
Teixeira has risen to the head of the 205-pound class years after developing short against then-titleholder “Bones” Jones by process of resolution at UFC 172 in 2014. He’s anticipated to be next in line for a gentle heavyweight title shot against present champ Jan Blachowicz, who earlier this month outpointed middleweight champ Israel Adesanya at UFC 259.