Despite potentially having to wait even longer than he already has, coach Mike Winkeljohn thinks Jon Jones should absolutely get an immediate UFC title shot at heavyweight. With Ciryl Gane capturing the interim heavyweight title on Saturday with a dominant finish of Derrick Lewis at UFC 265, the next move seems to be a title unification bout with heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou. So with Ngannou’s first title defense seemingly set, Jones will be forced on the sidelines if he wants a direct shot at gold. In a recent interview, UFC president Dana White claimed that former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic is willing to welcome Jones to the heavyweight division, but Winkeljohn is not too keen on that option. “It doesn’t really excite me,” Winkeljohn told Submission Radio . “I would assume – it has nothing to do with what excites me or not – I would think the same thing, from the outside looking in, I would think that wouldn’t excite Jon.
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