Victory over Klein would extend Jones’ UFC win streak to three, and his overall win streak to seven. And Saturday night will see the Welshman, who is seemingly never in a boring fight, fight under the UFC’s newly increased bonus regime for the first time, where the possibility of a six-figure bonus hangs tantalizingly in front of him. But, despite the lure of a life-changing sum of money being up for grabs, he’s not focused on the monetary reward. He’s just focused on the win, by any means necessary.
“My last fight was a six-figure fight,” he said. “These things don’t scare me. They don’t bother me. I had the bonus the last one, which pushed me over (to six figures). And to be fair, it doesn’t add any pressure. I’ll happily go out there, and I’ll happily point (fight) Axel over three fives (to) secure this win. But again, I don’t go backwards. I have no intention of taking him down and holding him down. I have the intentions of going out there and taking his chin off.
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“So for me, exciting fights are just part and parcel (of what I do). I never look for a bonus. All I do is look to secure that win. I’ll happily finish him – I’m always looking for that finish. But if this goes three fives and I end up beating him over every round, that’s more than good enough for me.”
While a big bonus would certainly be welcome for Jones, who is in the middle of trying to buy a house, Saturday night is all about completing the turnaround, as he bids to secure victory in London to bury the bad memories of his last fight at The O2, where it looked like his UFC story was close to being over.
“This, for me, is gonna be my London redemption arc,” he stated. “For me, this is very significant, because after London last time, people told me to quit, and I refused. I doubled down and invested more in myself, dealt with a lot of things, and come out stronger.
“So for me, this is my redemption arc. And unfortunately, Axel Sola is just a character in my story.”
