Alistair Overeem: Jon Jones can “definitely” beat Francis Ngannou

By Tom Taylor - May 19, 2020

Alistair Overeem is very confident that UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones could win a heavyweight fight with Francis Ngannou.

Jon Jones, Francis Ngannou, Alistair Overeem

Jones and Ngannou have been going back and forth on social media over the last week or so, with both men expressing their interest in a potential fight.

Overeem has an interesting vantage point with respect to this potential matchup, having trained with Jones and fought Ngannou.

By his estimation, it is definitely a fight the light heavyweight champion can win.

“I’ve been seeing that online, I love that idea of them two,” Overeem told ESPN. “I just love it. I definitely think Jon can beat him.”

While Overeem believes this is winnable fight for Jones, he doesn’t expect to the light heavyweight to take the fight — contrary to his comments on social media.

“To be honest, with all due respect, I do not think Jon is gonna do that fight,” Overeem said. “[He has] not much to win, a lot to lose. Because if he wins, he’s not heavyweight champion. The fight after that would be for the title, I guess.”

While Overeem isn’t particularly optimistic this fight will happen, he hopes it will. At the very least, he’s enjoying Jones and Ngannou’s back-and-forth trash talk.

“It’s a complex situation, but I definitely think Jon can beat him,” Overeem said. “It would be mega-fight. So it’s definitely something I am very much looking forward to …. I really enjoy these guys smack talking back and forth. It’s really amusing, and hopefully it will produce some great, great mega fights.”

Who do you think would win a fight between Jon Jones and Francis Ngannou? Do you share Alistair Overeem’s confidence in a Jones victory?


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