This weekend's UFC heavyweight title main event will be one which Jon Jones is watching very closely as he prepares for his heavyweight debut, Jones has now updated fans as to whether he will be in attendance at UFC 270 — this and much more on Friday's social media roundup.
Jon Jones reveals if he will be in attendance at UFC 270
Tomorrow night will see Francis Ngannou make his first defence of his UFC heavyweight title against Ciryl Gane.
This will be a fight which Jon Jones will have his eyes closely set on as he still prepares for his imminent heavyweight debut in the UFC.
In the lead up to this event, there has been a lot of talk as of whether or not Jones will actually be in attendance to build towards a fight against the winner of the main event, many people believe that this would be a great marketing move by the UFC.
However, Jones has revealed that he will not be in attendance as he is currently in a very good training routine and does not want to break that routine.
See what Jones had to say about the matter below.
Whether he rolls up to #UFC270 or not, Jones wants everyone to know he's staying ready --
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) January 21, 2022
(via @bokamotoESPN) pic.twitter.com/LQoR5NuR5v
Although Jones will not be watching the fight from cage-side, he has said that when the time comes, he will get the job done against whoever wins the fight.
Do you think Jones' heavyweight debut should be a title fight straight away?
UFC London main event is official
The UFC will return to England in March and the main event of that Fight Night has been revealed and it is a banger of a matchup.
Rising English heavyweight contender Tom Aspinall will face experience Russian Alexander Volkov in the main event.
---- Volkov v Aspinall ----
— UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) January 21, 2022
Looks like we have our #UFCLondon Main Event -- pic.twitter.com/R8DpEDlRWj
Khamzat Chimaev gives his thoughts on a potential fight against Gilbert Burns
One opponent who has been rumoured for Khamzat Chimaev's next fight is Gilbert Burns.
Chimaev has given his thoughts on a potential match-up against the former welterweight title contender and he did not hold back.
Khamzat Chimaev wants to strangle Gilbert Burns in Brazil. --
— MMA Junkie (@MMAjunkie) January 17, 2022
Full story: https://t.co/xNrTAgiNtE pic.twitter.com/x2soc8enZO
Brandon Moreno gets a new bodyguard
Check out this funny clip which was captured behind the scenes at last night's UFC 270 pre-fight press conference.
Francis Ngannou has Brandon Moreno's back -- #UFC270 pic.twitter.com/sisiW7PJjK
— UFC Canada (@UFC_CA) January 21, 2022
Who will be on the commentary team at UFC 270?
UFC 270 will see Jon Anik, Joe Rogan and Daniel Cormier reunite on the mic to call the fights.
.@Jon_Anik, @joerogan and @dc_mma will call the action Saturday at #UFC270 --️
— MMA Junkie (@MMAjunkie) January 19, 2022
Full story: https://t.co/dr2eBhZgBO pic.twitter.com/1kqtr6sRT6
Aljamain Sterling believes that people should do jail time for taking PED's
The UFC bantamweight champion Aljamain Sterling has given his thoughts on PED users in MMA.
Sterling revealed that he thought that people who compete in MMA who take steroids should be jailed.
Aljamain Sterling has no tolerance for PEDs in MMA --
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) January 18, 2022
Full interview with @arielhelwani https://t.co/kJJ0t5wCmU pic.twitter.com/Rc4Jsvv9y0
Do you agree with Sterling's comments?
Khamzat Chimaev training at Tiger Muay Thai
It has been revealed on the official Tiger Muay Thai Twitter account that Khamzat Chimaev is training at the legendary gym which has trained fighters such as Valentina Shevchenko, Rafael Fiziev and Alexander Volkanovski.
Tiger Muay Thai welcomes @KChimaev to camp!
— Tiger Muay Thai (@tigermuaythai) January 21, 2022
Currently ranked no.11 in the UFC welterweight division, Khamzat is coming off a round 1 finish over Li Jingliang last October, and is putting in work here at Tiger Muay Thai to be ready for his next fight call up.#ufc #tigermuaythai pic.twitter.com/nfvSK8q1kT
Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane face off
Check out the face off between Francis Ngannou and Ciryl Gane which took place after the UFC 270 pre-fight press conference.
"I respect you and Saturday we are gonna go to war!"
— UFC Europe (@UFCEurope) January 21, 2022
Who else can't wait for our #UFC270 main event?! pic.twitter.com/2sDHQ7F5DK
Dana White reveals Paddy Pimblett's UFC London opponent
In an interview with Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports, Dana White revealed that Paddy Pimblett's opponent at UFC London will be Jared Gordon.
Breaking news from @danawhite on tonight's @DavePortnoyShow: @theufcbaddy will be fighting Jared Gordon on March 19th in London pic.twitter.com/1d7QKPVZqW
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) January 18, 2022