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UFC Quick Quote: Jon Jones doesn't have the style to stop a 'beast' like Cain Velasquez

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"Not a chance. Cain, just the storm that he can put on you, you can't stop it. I've trained with the guy, I've sparred with him so many times, and when he wants to get after you, he's going to get after you. You can only run away so long. Jon Jones doesn't have the style to keep him off him. Cain is just a beast, he'll bull his way right through him."

Perhaps that's why Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been asking for interim titleholder Fabricio Werdum by name, as opposed to reigning division kingpin Cain Velasquez, who Luke Rockhold (via MMA Fighting) says would roll right over "Bones" if and when they ever went to war inside the Octagon. While that kind of showdown seems unlikely at the present time, since Jones has to first get through Daniel Cormier and Velasquez is nursing a bum knee, it almost seems as if a trip up to the 265-pound weight class is a foregone conclusion. After all, Jones sounds sincere about testing his might in the land of big men, but you know what they say about being careful what you wish for...

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