Jon Jones took the last three years off, bulking up and preparing for a move up to heavyweight.
Jones reportedly employed an astronomical diet of 5,000 calories daily, including a heavy dose of body-building workouts in preparation to gain mass for his new opponents.Jon Jones at light heavyweight, weighing 205 pounds on Feb. 5, 2020.This extreme diet helped Jones improve his ability to deadlift over 600 pounds, a benchmark the team believes will help him adapt to the strength of his opponents at heavyweight.
“The amount of his absolute strength is through the roof, but his strength endurance even blows the old him out of the water,” Jordan Chavez, his strength and conditioning coach,Jones has been well known for his fluid movements and explosiveness during his run in the UFC and believes that this weight change won’t negatively impact him.His record of 20-1 shows his only blemish as a DQ loss to Matt Hamill, a fight he was dominating.
“I feel like it’s an ideal weight,” Jones said. “I have my endurance. I have my speed, explosiveness. I still jump high and shoot on takedowns very quickly. “Whatever I got to do, you know? I feel good. I feel like a heightened version of my light heavyweight self.”Jon Jones attempts to take down Dominik Reyes during his last fight on Feb. 8, 2020.The former heavyweight champion, Francis Ngannou, left the promotion due to a contract dispute earlier this year and left theThanks to Jones’ new diet, the UFC hopes he can bring some stability to the big boy division.
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