Published 12:58 IST, March 26th 2020
UFC: Mike Tyson and Jon Jones spotted in a street sparring session; Watch
UFC champion Jon Jones and Mike Tyson gave fans 'a moment of a lifetime' when they got into a friendly street fight in 2014. Watch how the fight went down.
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UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and former WBC heavyweight champion Mike Tyson are considered to be greatest combat sports athletes to have stepped in ring. Though Jon Jones and Mike Tyson represent two different kinds of fight sports (MMA and Boxing), y are often compared with each or for ir invincible dominance inside ring/octagon. Both, Mike Tyson and Jon Jones prevail from two different eras of combat sports and we might never kw who would have surpassed whom in ir prime. But legendary fighters once gave as a hint about how ir ‘much-awaited’ matchup would go down by engaging mselves in a friendly street-fight back in 2014.
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UFC: When Jon Jones and Mike Tyson faced each or in a street fight
Jon Jones was n preparing for his first fight against Daniel Cormier in 2014 when he bumped into Mike Tyson on a street. It was t at all a heated engment but rar a friendly gesture from two of greatest combat sports celebrities in world. Jon Jones and Mike Tyson were spotted in a sparring session while a common friend filmed moment. After a friendly sparring session, Jon Jones went on to land a playful slap over Mike Tyson and duo burst into laughter and embraced each or.
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Jon Jones successfully defeated Daniel Cormier later in his fight but was forced to strip off title due to a failed drug test. Jon Jones was furr suspended from UFC but came back to demolish remaining light heavyweights on roster. Currently, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones boasts an MMA record of 26 wins with one loss and is yet to taste an out-and-out defeat inside ring. only loss of his MMA career came when he was disqualified for throwing illegal elbows on his opponent Matt Hamill in 2009.
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12:58 IST, March 26th 2020