Ben Askren doesn’t see Alex Pereira lasting too long if he fought Jon Jones . UFC heavyweight Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) brought the idea of that matchup to life when he claimed that a fight with light heavyweight champion Pereira would be the biggest fight in MMA history . Pereira (10-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC), who teased a move to heavyweight before, said he was honored by the mention , but Askren thinks it would be a bad idea for “Poatan.” “If Alex could beat Tom Aspinall, he would have to stop some takedowns, right?” Askren said on his “Funky and the Champ” show with Daniel Cormier. “People want to see him have the ability to stop takedowns because if you can’t stop takedowns from Jon Jones, he’s going to take you down and submit you. We saw Pereira be taken down by Izzy Adesanya, and he was kept down for actually a significant portion of time.
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Ben Askren: Jon Jones would probably need two and a half minutes to finish Alex Pereira – MMA Junkie