Michael Jai White is confident in Jon Jones‘ chances of success when he makes his heavyweight debut in 2023.
The actor and martial artist joined VladTV, where he discussed the former light heavyweight champion’s abilities and how he thinks he will fare against top heavyweights.
White mentioned that Jon Jones’ wrestling would be a big factor:
“He walks around as a heavyweight. I think he’ll run through that division pretty easily. I mean, his wrestling skillset, I don’t know if there’s many people in the heavyweight ranks that could match that.” [0:13 – 0:33]
The actor believes ‘Bones’ will be dominant amongst the big boys. He mentioned that the former light heavyweight champion’s not having to cut any weight could result in his fights being over quickly once he imposes his will on his opponents:
“Even if he walks around like me, like say 235 [lbs], that’s already heavyweight. He doesn’t have to cut weight, he should be pretty damn healthy by then. If he wraps somebody up, they got problems.” [0:34 – 0:48]
It remains to be seen when Jon Jones will make his heavyweight debut. It seems like the UFC is waiting for heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou to be cleared before booking the heavyweight clash that fans want to see.
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