Let’s get the obvious part out of the way from the jump: Yes, Jon Jones lorded over the UFC light heavyweight division for years and years, and the only reason Jan Blachowicz and Dominick Reyes fought for the belt Saturday night was because Jones relinquished the title. Blachowicz (27-8 MMA, 10-5 UFC) understands, this, too, which is why he immediately turned his attention to Jones after he put on a tremendous performance in finishing Reyes in the second round of their UFC 253 co-main event and claiming the belt. “Right now we can talk about him because I don’t want to talk before fight, because my opponent was Dominick,” Reyes told MMA Junkie at the post-fight news conference in Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. “Now, I don’t have opponent, so Jon Jones, why not? But right now nobody knows what he’s doing.
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