UFC interim light heavyweight champion Jon Jones is already considered one of the greatest pound-for-pound fighters in history, and while it was long thought an eventual move to heavyweight was all but inevitable, “Bones” doesn’t see it that way. “To be honest with you, heavyweight really doesn’t really seem as appealing to me as it once did,” Jones told MMAjunkie. Jones stands 6-foot-4, and he was just 23 years old when he first gained the UFC light heavyweight title. Conventional wisdom at the time stated that as Jones got older, he would struggle to continue to make 205 pounds, but Jones, who turns 29 next month, says that hasn’t been the case. “I’m almost 30 now, and I’m not really having any more growth spurts,” Jones said. “This is pretty much the size I’m going to be, and it’s so easy for me to make light heavyweight

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Jon Jones still targets Cormier, Gustafsson and ‘Rumble,’ but heavyweight not necessarily on horizon – MMA Junkie

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