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Morning Report: Anthony Smith says he is in talks to face Jon Jones this year

Over the weekend, Jon Jones returned to MMA with a bang, stopping Alexander Gustafsson in the third round of the UFC 232 main event to reclaim his light heavyweight title. Afterwards, the conversation quickly turned to whether he would move up to heavyweight to chase down his rival, Daniel Cormier, but Jones seems content to remain at 205 pounds and reestablish the legacy he has tarnished with outside-of-the-cage activities. Along those lines, third-ranked light heavyweight contender Anthony Smith was in the FOX booth on Saturday and in a post-fight interview with Jones, asked the new champion if he was free to fight in July, which Jones seemed amenable to.