10-05-2024 22:30 via mmajunkie.usatoday.com

Ben Askren: Jon Jones would probably need two and a half minutes to finish Alex Pereira

Ben Askren doesn’t see Alex Pereira lasting too long if he fought Jon Jones.
UFC heavyweight Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) brought the idea of that matchup to life when he claimed that a fight with light heavyweight champion Pereira would be the biggest fight in MMA history.
Pereira (10-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC), who teased a move to heavyweight before, said he was honored by the mention, but Askren thinks it would be a bad idea for “Poatan.”
“If Alex could beat Tom Aspinall, he would
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