Retired Brock Lesnar would fight fellow ex-UFC champ Jon Jones 'anytime, anywhere'

A future fight between former UFC champions Brock Lesnar and Jon Jones seems to have some legs, even if a significant number of hurdles need to be cleared beforehand.

The possibility of Lesnar (5-3 MMA, 4-3 UFC) vs. Jones (22-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) emerged earlier this week when former light heavyweight champion “Bones” conducted a UFC Facebook chat and was asked about a potential showdown with the former heavyweight king.

Jones, who meets Daniel Cormier (19-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 214 pay-per-view main event at Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif., said he’s interested but didn’t seem confident it’ll happen.

“He’s a massive dude,” Jones said. “It would be a massive draw, really big for the sport. It would be a great challenge; that’s a big old boy.

“I doubt Brock Lesnar would take that fight, though. I definitely wouldn’t try to wrestle with him the whole time. I’m not going to tell you what I would do.”

Lesnar, 40, didn’t take long to react to Jones’ comments.

“Would I fight Jon Jones? Anytime, anywhere,” Lesnar told apnews.com. “Right now, he should be worried about ‘DC’ on Saturday night.”

Although Lesnar said he would be down to fight Jones, the “anytime, anywhere” comment does not hold up. Lesnar hasn’t fought since a UFC 200 fight with Mark Hunt in July 2016, and he still has more than six months left on his current U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)-issued suspension after failing multiple drug tests.

Lesnar, who announced his MMA retirement on Feb. 14, would have to reenter the USADA testing program for his suspension to end. He would then have to serve the rest of his time, at which point the conversation about a bout with Jones could actually be deemed realistic.

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