American - Athlete | July 19, 1987 -
I'll see trash talk and people telling me why they're favorite fighter is going to beat me. It motivates me for sure.
Jon Jones
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My wrestling dream was to become a Division I national champion. That was my No. 1 dream - not Olympics, not money. Just winning that tournament.
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Fighting was something inside of me that I didn't realize was there.
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College, for me, was more about wrestling than actually going to classes.
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Growing up, I was poor. In college, I was poor. I never had anything.
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I was never popular. I always kind of wanted to be accepted with the rich kids, with the cool kids, and I never had that.
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I got in the limelight at a young age. At age 19, people were already comparing me to Anderson Silva.
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It was really tough being in jail. It doesn't get much lower. You're in a filthy room. The food is terrible, and you're surrounded by people who have done all types of crazy crimes. You have nothing that belongs to you, not even your own underwear. It's just terrible.
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Even though I have bad qualities in my personal life, as an athlete, I can turn it on.
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There's never been a southpaw fighter to make it five rounds with me. These are championship fights, and most of them can't even make it out of the normal rounds. Fought Chael Sonnen, TKOed him in round one. Fought Vitor Belfort. He made it to round four when I ended up submitting him.
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I would love to fight Brock Lesnar. He's a massive dude.
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It's not my business what other people think of me.
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