UFC light heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones is on the mend after suffering a dislocated toe at UFC 159, but it appears that his next fight is already set. Jones will apparently face Alexander Gustafsson upon his return to the Octagon. ESPN Deportes Radio anchor Renato Bermudez on Thursday tweeted that UFC president Dana White confirmed Jones vs. Gustafsson for this fall. The UFC’s official Spanish twitter account retweeted Bermudez’s report. The fight doesn’t yet have any details attached to it, but Jones had been hopeful to get back into action in October. He and Gustafsson also both teased a pending fight announcement on Wednesday. The two have made no secret that they want to fight each other, engaging in a various Twitter exchanges in trying to make the fight happen.
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