Jon Jones on fighting Anderson Silva: “To be dead honest we both have a lot to lose”
UFC light heavyweight champion, Jon Jones has been giving his thoughts on the potential super fight between him and middleweight king-pin, Anderson Silva, explaining the reason he doesn’t want to step inside the octagon with “The Spider” is that both men have a lot to lose.
Speaking via ESPN Radio, Jones said:
“It’s not that he won’t fight me or I won’t fight him. To be dead honest, it’s that we both have a lot to lose and we both respect each other a lot and we both are striving for personal greatness. I don’t want to crack on his greatness and I don’t want him cracking on my greatness.”
“We’re in completely different weight classes. We both have sponsor deals and things that are really important to us and a big part of that sponsorship package is being a winning—being a champion. Having us fight each other means one of our championships goes away.”
“I respect Anderson Silva so much that I don’t want to be the guy to beat him. I don’t want to lose to him either. It’s a lose-lose situation for me.”
A fight between Silva and Jones has been something fans have been calling for over the past year, but that talk intensified following “The Spider’s” win this past weekend over Chael Sonnen at UFC 148. Can Dana White work his magic and convince these two dominant champions to hook it up down the road or is this another super-fight that’s dead in the water?
By Michael Pepper. (Follow me on Twitter)
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