Jon Jones and Brock Lesnar, two men from different weight classes currently in different sports, are likely to fight...sound familiar?

Fresh off his resounding technical knockout victory over now former champion Daniel Cormier at UFC 214, newly minted UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon “Bones” Jones and his team has immediately shifted their focus on a possible superfight, against former heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar.

By stopping Cormier inside of three rounds, Jones has closed that chapter of his career. It appears as though Jones has pulled his life together and is about to make another great run as champion. One of the inspirations Jones has had is the career of lightweight king Conor McGregor.

McGregor of course, is one of the highest paid UFC fighters in history. A large part of his success is taking on all-comers, regardless of weight division. Jones has obviously learned from this and has his sights set on Lesnar.

Jones’ striking coach Brandon Gibson offered his thoughts to TheMacLife.com about Jones’ performance against Cormier, and the impending bout against Lesnar.

Jon Jones celebrates victory after a tough rematch with Daniel Cormier at UFC 214…Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez for USA TODAY Sports

Jones is focused and hungry, according to Gibson

“We’ve been working straight ever since the Ovince St-Preux fight,” Gibson said. “Leading up to UFC 200 we’d worked so hard, we didn’t take too much time off after that. One nice thing about not having an opponent with Jon focused and hungry still is we get to focus on a lot of non-fight specific/non-opponent specific techniques. Really just work on improving Jon as a martial artist.

“I think his wrestling got so much better over this camp — his grappling; his striking; his boxing; his kicks; his footwork.. I’m really proud of how much work he put in and it showed. There wasn’t too much ring rust because we had stayed so sharp throughout camp.”

“Oh absolutely,” said Gibson. “Daniel, even recently in his last fight against ‘Rumble’ Johnson, had eaten two left head kicks in a row in the first round. While we knew the left head kick was open, we knew that [Cormier] was really going to work and improve on his defense, he knew that was a tool that Jon had from the first fight.

“We weren’t able to catch him dipping as hard as he did like against Rumble Johnson, but what we did do was force him to drop that guard. And we did that with all the body shots, the kicks to the body, the knees to the body, the punches to the body, and that over time caused Daniel to start guarding his midsection and that’s what allowed us to create the opening for the head kick.”

While Jones made it seem like an easy victory, it was anything but, according to Gibson. A lot of preparation went into what fans saw last weekend. Against Lesnar, Gibson said Jones has what it takes to defeat the legendary big man.

What does Gibson think of Brock Lesnar?

“I do think he has genuine skill,” Gibson said of Lesnar. “While he’s not a precise striker, he does carry a lot of pressure, he’s explosive. Once he gets on top of his opponents, I think he has great positional awareness, ground and pound and obviously the strength and size that comes along with all that is Brock Lesnar. And, he’s been a former UFC champion. I think that he has the confidence that it takes to compete at this level.

“We saw the traps we were able to set up against one of the greats ever in Daniel Cormier. Imagine what we’ll do to Brock Lesnar.”

There you have it folks. Do you think Jon Jones will be able to beat Brock Lesnar, if and when they do fight? Chime in.

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