Former UFC mild heavyweight champion Jon Jones is days away from making his heavyweight debut at UFC 285, however you don’t have to attend till Saturday to see what he’s going to seem like contained in the cage.
Competing with the massive boys at heavyweight meant Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC) needed to pack on some kilos to his 6-foot-4 body, and he has spent the previous three years including bulk whereas sustaining his athleticism. At UFC 285 media day on Wednesday, Jones addressed the modifications in his physique, and the way he expects to carry out contained in the cage in opposition to Ciryl Gane (11-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) for the vacant heavyweight title in the principle occasion on the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
“Honestly I feel like a stronger version of myself,” Jones advised reporters. “I’m not super lean. I don’t have a mean six pack like I used to. That took me a while to get used to, you know what I mean? Like, back in the day I would judge my fitness level by the way I looked in the mirror.
“I’m a heavyweight now. It’s not about what you look like. It’s about how you perform. I feel like I’m performing really well. … I feel really good. I like it. I get to eat what I want, feel good. Life is good.”
Images from the UFC 285 pre-fight photograph shoot are actually accessible, and you may get a primary glimpse of Jones’ heavyweight body within the Venum UFC combat package. Take a take a look at Jones’ new physique beneath (through Getty Images):
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For comparability to Jones’ mild heavyweight body, try these photographs forward of his final outing at UFC 247 in February 2020:
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At UFC 247, Jones weighed in just below the sunshine heavyweight championship mark for his title protection in opposition to Dominick Reyes, stepping on the size at 204 kilos.
It stays to be seen what he’ll tip the size at on Friday morning on the official weigh-ins, but it surely’s obvious by the images that he’s nowhere close to the sunshine heavyweight restrict as of late.
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