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Ngannou wants Jon Jones next, thinks it’s an easier fight than Miocic

Francis Ngannou still thinks a superfight with Jon Jones is ‘the No. 1 fight’ to make but believes Stipe Miocic might be the tougher opponent.

Ngannou, who KO’d Miocic to win the heavyweight title at UFC 260, spoke to heavyweight boxing legend Mike Tyson about his dream of fighting Jones in a ‘Rumble in the Jungle’-type event, a reference to Muhammad Ali’s iconic boxing match with George Foreman in 1974.

“Everybody in this position would like to get compensated,” Ngannou said of Jones on the “Hotboxin’ podcast (via MMAJunkie). “Basically, a guy like Jones, he’s been around for very long and been doing this sport, and (the UFC) grows.