At 37, UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones is aware of he cannot combat ceaselessly. With restricted time left within the sport, Jones seeks high-profile matchups that can result in profitable paydays.
Jones efficiently defended the heavyweight title at UFC 309 in November, defeating former two-time titleholder Stipe Miocic through TKO late within the third spherical. Interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall has lobbied for a title unification bout in opposition to Jones, however Jones believes a showdown in opposition to gentle heavyweight titleholder Alex Pereira would generate extra curiosity and income.
“Cash is a motivator,” Jones stated on Alex Gonzalez’s YouTube channel. “I believe most individuals lie in the event that they stated they weren’t motivated by cash. But additionally, I’ve been doing the UFC work simply out of affection, too. I actually love what I do. I actually love earning profits. I actually love writing my identify down within the historical past books and being a man who’ll be capable of reside ceaselessly via the UFC report books. That each one means lots.
“However one other factor, Dana White, my boss, he informed me a very long time in the past, he was like, ‘Jon, cash won’t ever be your concern as a result of I by no means need you to fret about cash. It would by no means be your concern. It would all the time come to you for the remainder of your life.’ And it looks as if the much less I take into consideration cash, the extra it involves me. It simply begins falling in my arms lately, and I’m grateful for it.”
Jon Jones: I’ve all the time wished to be an actor’
Trying to a future after preventing, Jones has all the time wished to strive his hand at appearing. He lately posted footage from “Edo’s Crossing,” an upcoming movie the place Jones performs a Navy Seal.
“Throughout the subsequent 5 years I need to win yet one more combat,” Jones stated. “Perhaps even two extra fights, and try to make as a lot cash as attainable within the UFC. I need to launch off my appearing profession. I’ve all the time wished to be an actor. I believe I do fairly good on digital camera, and I’ve accomplished little commercials and issues like that.
“Each time I’m on set, all people’s like, ‘Bro, it’s exhausting to consider that you simply’re a fighter. You conduct your self similar to all of our skilled actors.’ In order that’s my five-year plan. Ten years from now I simply need to be the perfect dad I could be.”
