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Jon Jones tweets 'let's play baby' in response to Francis Ngannou becoming UFC heavyweight champion

Jon Jones tweets 'let's play baby' in response to Francis Ngannou becoming UFC heavyweight championDAZN
Jon Jones is ready to make his heavyweight debut against Francis Ngannou and the UFC's new heavyweight titleholder wants the fight, too.

The man widely regarded as the mixed martial arts GOAT is ready to make his heavyweight debut against the UFC's brand new heavyweight champion of the world.

After watching Francis Ngannou destroy Stipe Miocic by second-round knockout in the early hours of Sunday morning, Jon Jones took to his Twitter account and tweeted "let's play baby" and "show me the money" to let the newly-minted heavyweight champ know that he's coming for him. 

During the post-fight press conference, Dana White said "If I’m Jon Jones watching Francis Ngannou, I’m moving to 185 pounds."

Jones, who has been adding muscle in recent months to prepare for his move up from light heavyweight to heavyweight, responded to that with:

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Ngannou, speaking with Joe Rogan, said he's all game for that to happen.

"For my opinion, Jon Jones is the greatest of all time for mixed martial arts," Ngannou said. "And him moving up is going to be a good thing. It's a challenge that I will take and to put it on my record would be a very good challenge for me. A very good thing on my resume.

"So, I'm ready, anytime soon — even summer," the new champ continued about facing Jones. "Ready to fight in July or August. Whenever they are ready, I'm ready. He said something like 'show the money.'

"Show the money," he added, "and we go baby."

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