During an appearance on this week’s Submission Radio, coach Mike Winkeljohn gave his thoughts on a potential super fight between Jon Jones and Fedor. Despite the Last Emperor’s storied career, Winkeljohn doesn’t have much faith that Fedor would be able to hang with UFC’s resident bad boy.
“Oh you know, I have not even spoke to Jon about it, but looking at how, you know, Fedor’s fights towards the end of his career [went], I think unless he changed something I think it’s an easy fight for Jon.”
That said, the possibility of Fedor in UFC is still an appealing prospect that could lead to a number of worthwhile fights.
“I think it’s a great idea. Honestly, with the right training – look at Andrei Arlovski coming back. I mean everybody thought he was shelved, and now he’s coming back and on a title run. There’s no doubt about it. I think we get the title shot, we’re winning the title. If he [Fedor] does it right, if he’s thinking about doing it right, and how cool is that? That would be one of the really, really exciting stories. Fedor was the king for so long, and to take all of that time off and come back, that’d be really exciting”
Coach Wink sounds excited at the prospect of Arlovski getting another shot at Fedor and is very confident his man would avenge one of the toughest losses of his career.
“Andrei’s so strong, he’s so strong from his Sambo days. He’s so tight, strong in his body locks. Strength-wise Andrei would be so much stronger, and as far as the boxing skills, with the range, you know, Andrei’s got him too. So I definitely would put my money on Andrei all night long, and would actually really enjoy seeing that fight.”
