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Brock Lesnar on potential Jon Jones UFC superfight: 'Anytime, anywhere'

By The Sports Xchange
Brock Lesnar is back in professional wrestling after his return to the Octagon at UFC 200 a year ago. Lesnar's contract with the WWE ends next year. Photo courtesy of MMAFighting/Twitter
Brock Lesnar is back in professional wrestling after his return to the Octagon at UFC 200 a year ago. Lesnar's contract with the WWE ends next year. Photo courtesy of MMAFighting/Twitter

Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar said he is willing to take on Jon Jones "anytime, anywhere" in a potential superfight that likely would be one of the biggest draws in mixed martial arts history.

Jones is preparing for his rematch with Daniel Cormier in the main event of UFC 214 on Saturday night for Cormier's light heavyweight title.

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Lesnar is back in professional wrestling after his return to the Octagon at UFC 200 a year ago. Lesnar's contract with the WWE ends next year.

The 30-year-old Jones said in a Facebook chat that he would welcome a bout against Lesnar.

"He's a massive dude," Jones said of Lesnar during the live chat. "It would be a massive draw, really big for the sport. It would be a great challenge. That's a big old boy. I doubt Brock Lesnar would take that fight, though. I definitely wouldn't try to wrestle with him the whole time. I'm not going to tell you what I would do."

The 40-year-old Lesnar indicated he would consider a return to the UFC where he won the heavyweight title in just his fourth professional fight.

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"Would I fight Jon Jones? Anytime, anywhere," Lesnar said when contacted by the Associated Press. "Right now he should be worried about D.C. on Saturday night."

Lesnar failed two drug tests last year in his return to mixed martial arts, when he fought Mark Hunt at UFC 200. Lesnar won in a unanimous decision, but the results were overturned to a no-contest once the test failures became known.

Lesnar was given a one-year suspension but on Jan. 3 he informed the UFC of his retirement.

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