Bloody Elbow · Jun 5, 2021
Georges St-Pierre says ‘it would be a mistake for Jon Jones to fight Stipe’
Photo by Speed Media/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Georges St-Pierre speaks to reporters at a UFC press conference in Sydney, Australia on Aug. 6, 2018.Former UFC welterweight and middleweight champion Georges St-Pierre has advised Jon Jones to remain patient in ongoing negotiations with the UFC, claiming that ‘Bones’ deserves to fight Francis Ngannou for the heavyweight title.
Jones vacated the light heavyweight title last year when he announced that he would be moving up to the heavyweight division, but UFC president Dana White is adamant ‘Bones’ will never compete at heavyweight and that Derrick Lewis is next in line to fight Ngannou for the title.