“For me, this is the miracle I was looking for,” he said of jumping right back into the fray against a talented foe like Baeza, who has earned a trio of second-round finishes in as many appearances to begin his UFC career. “My focus is on this fight, but after this, hopefully I can come
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7:39 AM ET Since announcing he’s retained the services of Richard Schaefer as his advisor on May 26, Jon Jones‘ social media accounts have been fairly subdued, free of any confrontational posts aimed at the UFC. Coincidence? Maybe, but make no mistake, there will be interest in seeing if Schaefer, the former boxing promoter who
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