Många anser att Anthony Johnson kommer att bli ett hot mot lätttungviktsmästaren Jon Jones när de möts om titeln i maj. Chael Sonnen hävdar dock att mästaren inte har någonting att oroa sig för, eftersom Jones enligt honom är en av de tuffaste fighters genom tiderna.
Det här berättar Sonnen, via ”MMAJunkie”:
It’s very unlikely that anybody is going to do too well with Jon Jones right now. The longer you stay out there with him is turning into a success. It’s like the Mike Tyson days. If you could just get to Round 2 and 3 – and boy, if you make it to 5 – it’s such a victory, morally. Jon Jones is the baddest dude walking the planet, and that’s just the reality.
Sonnen talar från egen erfarenhet, då han mötte Jones under UFC 159 och förlorade då via knockout:
I walked out there thinking I was going to beat this guy. I had my matches with Anderson, and Anderson won them, but I whipped him. He won like the last three seconds of the fight and won the fight. So I went in there with a bunch of confidence against Jon Jones. I trained right – everything was perfect. Man, it must have been 30 seconds in when I realized when this is a whole other deal. He felt like he weighed 300 pounds.
When he put his hands on me and pushed me up against the fence, it was like a Volvo against a Mack truck.
Det har pratats mycket om Jones den senaste tiden, då han i samband med sin match mot Daniel Cormier under UFC 182 testade positivt för kokainmetaboliter.
Det här hade Sonnen att säga om Jones och hans användande av drogen:
I wish he would stop doing that. I know the guy personally. He’s a cool guy. He’s funny. He’s nice to people. He’s generous. But he’s a party animal. As soon as the sun goes down, he’s headed out.
He’s 27 years old. He’s not married. I don’t think there’s a thing in the world wrong with it. I’m not sure why he does. He’s so ashamed of it that he pretends to be something else, and it gets himself in trouble. The reality of who he is is a very likable guy. If he was in the room right now, he’d have us all cracking up. He can dance a little bit; he tells funny stories.
Johnson segrade senast över Alexander Gustafsson via knockout under UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Johnson i Tele2 Arena i Stockholm och kommer troligtvis att möta Jones under UFC 187, som går av stapeln den 23 maj.
