Veteran dismisses Poatan and Miocic when pointing out 'ideal rival' to be chosen to face Jones

Alistair Overeem argues that Francis Ngannou deserves to be the heavyweight champion's next opponent

Poatan's next rival? Jon Jones is UFC champion. Photo: Reproduction/Twitter/UFC Espanol

Jon Jones He is UFC champion. Photo: Reproduction/Twitter/UFC Espanol

Keeping an eye on what happens in the heavyweight division (up to 120,2kg) of the UFC, alistair overeem expresses dissatisfaction with the current scenario of the category that has already been presented. aware that Jon Jones is verbally agreed to face Stipe Miocic, the veteran disagrees with the confrontation and states that the ideal rival would be Francis Ngannou, which is now out of Ultimate.

“He should (be fighting with Jon Jones). Stipe hasn't fought in many years. But it was a little vague how that happened, right? I know there was some (talk about the fight). And they both wanted to, but now Francis is gone. That was the fight to be had, right? Stipe hasn't fought in a long time. What is he doing in the meantime? Because when you have a fight, there is preparation, there is development. And when you're not doing that, you're doing other things. Okay, maybe he has a high focus, a high dedication to training, but you're not fighting. And Jon is fighting, not a lot, but he is fighting,” Overeem said in an appearance on JAXXON Podcast.

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longtime rivals, Jon Jones e Francis Ngannou They flirted several times with possible confrontation, but were never able to reach a consensus. At the time, the American was preparing to move up to heavyweight, an episode that lasted around three years.

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