UFC Corridor of Fame inductee Vitor Belfort desires to guide a struggle between Jon Jones and Anthony Joshua.
Jones and Joshua are two of essentially the most revered fighters of their respective fields, with ‘Bones’ at present reigning as UFC’s heavyweight world champion whereas Joshua is a former two-time unified heavyweight boxing champion and an Olympic gold medalist.
Understandably, their two worlds have by no means crossed, however Belfort, an Octagon icon in his personal proper, hopes to sooner or later convey the 2 fighters collectively for an occasion that he believes would break pay-per-view information.
“I might get Jon Jones and say, ‘Jones, let’s problem the British fighter, Anthony Joshua,” Belfort mentioned throughout an look on The Ariel Helwani Present. “Let’s ask him to return and field with you on these gloves. No fingers uncovered, it’s not soiled boxing, nothing. You’re simply going to make use of your palms. You guys are going to field 12 rounds, three-minute rounds, however the rule is, you’ll have the ability to seize his hand, you’ll have the ability to seize his head and punch him within the clinch.
“I feel that would be the struggle that can break pay-per-view, that can go viral, particularly now with Dana selling boxing. I feel we’ve bought to degree it up, you realize, create the 50/50. We MMA athletes all the time went there and boxed with them. Now let’s convey it to the center. Let’s meet within the center. Jon Jones is the proper man to make that struggle on the BMA gloves.
Belfort desires to see Jon Jones and AJ compete in an actual ‘manhood struggle’
“My dream, Ariel, is to—I patented this glove, as you realize, I’m going to ship one to you,” Belfort continued. “It’s referred to as BMA. It’s making a boxing struggle the place we MMA guys can seize the palms within the clinch. No elbows, no takedowns, simply palms. Simply males—let’s see who has one of the best palms in an actual struggle, in an actual grabbing, manhood struggle. That will be my dream. I might like to launch that form of occasion. I hope Dana White sooner or later can put that collectively.
As intriguing because it sounds, everybody is aware of that getting Jon Jones to signal on the dotted line for a struggle is not any straightforward process. Simply ask Tom Aspinall, the longest-reigning interim champion in UFC historical past.
