LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JANUARY 03: UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones speaks to the media during the UFC 182 post fight press conference inside the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino on January 3, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Brandon Magnus/Zuffa LLC/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
Jon Jones – “I have nightmares about my opponents”
UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones (27-1) will defend his title in the main event at UFC 295 against former champion Stipe Miocic (20-4).
The November 11 fight at Madison Square Garden will leave no question as to who the baddest man on the planet is, as both men are widely considered to be in the conversation of the greatest mixed martial artists of all-time.
By the time Miocic steps inside the octagon in New York it will be approximately two-and-a-half years since he last fought. The 41-year-old former champion has not competed since he dropped the title to now former champion Francis Ngannou at UFC 260 in March 2021.
Jones captured the title earlier this year after defeating former interim champion Ciryl Gane in a title unification bout after Ngannou vacated the throne.
While Miocic may be considered the underdog going into the contest, Jones still seems his future foe as a very dangerous contender.
“I feel like when you get to a place when you don’t feel anything is probably when it’s time to hang it up and try something different,” Jones said on the OverDogs podcast. “At this point, I still get really nervous, man. I have nightmares about my opponents. About every hour, Stipe Miocic will cross my mind. He will cross my mind. I could be having a drink, you name it, he crosses my mind. I could be at my kid’s volleyball game and I thinking about Stipe. There’s a lot of mental that goes into it that I don’t think people realize. But the goal is to just conquer that.”
