Jon Jones says if it had been Daniel Cormier in there with him at UFC 197, ‘I’d have beat him up pretty good’

It had been 15 months since Jon Jones had competed in the Octagon, and when UFC 197 was all said and done he wasn’t thrilled with his performance.

Jones was able to dominate late replacement Ovince Saint Preux for five rounds in winning the light heavyweight interim title on Saturday night in Las Vegas. Yet he was critical of himself for not pulling the trigger in spots where he should have. He said in the post-fight press conference that part of that could have been ring rust, but more realistically it was the switch of opponent that ultimately gave him trouble.

Whatever the case was, many were wondering if Saturday night’s version of Jones would have been able to beat …

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