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A lot of talk about the comments Dana White made the other day about possibly matching up Anthony Johnson against a returning Jon Jones next rather than the initial idea of giving him a title shot against Daniel Cormier.
Making the Jones/Rumble fight next is the worst route to go down, Cormier wants to have a title defence before the year is out, if Jones fought Rumble, then who does Cormier fight? there is no clear current number one contender outside of Johnson, and if Cormier doesn't fight him, he will be waiting until spring as the earliest of next year to defend the title against the winner.
What to actually do..
I say make Cormier and Johnson go to war once again, Johnson has earned the right after wins over Manuwa, Bader and Glover.
In the meantime if Jones really is coming back sooner than we imagined, then the time to make that rematch with Alexander Gustafsson is now, even though Gus is coming off two losses, and probably wants some a win or two and is inactive, that rematch regardless will always be there.
Make Cormier/Johnson then make Jones/Gustafsson II and have the winners meet after in the middle of next year.
Thoughts?
Making the Jones/Rumble fight next is the worst route to go down, Cormier wants to have a title defence before the year is out, if Jones fought Rumble, then who does Cormier fight? there is no clear current number one contender outside of Johnson, and if Cormier doesn't fight him, he will be waiting until spring as the earliest of next year to defend the title against the winner.
What to actually do..
I say make Cormier and Johnson go to war once again, Johnson has earned the right after wins over Manuwa, Bader and Glover.
In the meantime if Jones really is coming back sooner than we imagined, then the time to make that rematch with Alexander Gustafsson is now, even though Gus is coming off two losses, and probably wants some a win or two and is inactive, that rematch regardless will always be there.
Make Cormier/Johnson then make Jones/Gustafsson II and have the winners meet after in the middle of next year.
Thoughts?