I don't know what Jon Jones was thinking. He has everything to be the strongest but yesterday he didn't seem like he wanted to fight Ngannou. His match against Cyril Gane was extraordinary because Gane is also a new UFC prospect. But we all know Gane has many flaws with his wrestling. Dan Jones beats Gane with wrestling/lockdown. The fight against Miocic is entitled goat vs goat but as I said, currently Miocic is no longer the goat in the heavyweight class. Did Jones pick Miocic because he would claim to be the guy who beat Goat when we know it would be an easy win?
And he may never have a fight against Francis Ngannou even though they would want to fight each other they can not clash inside the octagon as Francis Ngannou is now on PFL and has an issue with Dana White, so there will be no chance for us to witness those 2 fight but If Jon Jones retired and go to the PFL then we might have a chance on witnessing this 2 fight,
My pick and prediction for the UFC 296: Edwards vs. Covington
Leon Edwards (1.65) VS Colby Covington (2.42) - WIN
There are a lot of factors why Colby Covington lost this fight but Leon Edwards was very technical moving forward in getting Covington, you can clearly see Edwards faints, and for sure his composure is there while getting Covington, those takedown attempts of Covington was no used to Leon Edwards takedown defense for sure there is no way for Covington to takedown and scramble against Leon Edwards and this is a win for Leon Edwards,
Alexandre Pantoja (1.54) VS Brandon Royval (2.70) - WIN
Even though this fight ended with a decision win over Brandon Royval, and it was a masterful class performance for Alexandre Pantoja, for sure even in a rematch with Brandon Moreno I think Moreno will have a hard time against him, Brandon Royval could have the striking output but Alexandre Pantoja has dominated the wrestling, as Pantoja throws 14 takedowns and 8 or it was successful and he also got 1 submission attempt that scores him big in this fight, while Royval throw 1 takedown and it was failed,
Shavkat Rakhmonov (1.17) VS Stephen Thompson (6.00) - WIN
Shavkat Rakhmonov really outclassed Stephen Thompson you can clearly see from this fight that it was really a one-sided fight as in terms of striking Rakhmonov has the output and the speed was really great that Thompson all they did was to defend, Shavkat Rakhmonov throws 5 takedowns and 2 submission attempts and it ended in a rear naked choke win for Shavkat Rakhmonov,