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Harry Davies

Jon Jones "could not wipe his a**" after brutal UFC world title defence

Jon Jones was so beaten up after his 2013 title fight against Alexander Gustafsson that he couldn't "wipe his own a**".

Jones, 35, makes his UFC return on Saturday after a three-year layoff as he faces Ciryl Gane for the vacant heavyweight title in Las Vegas. The UFC legend has been preparing for his heavyweight debut since controversially making the last defence of his light-heavyweight title against Dominick Reyes in February 2020, with 'Bones' expected to weigh 40lb heavier than he did for his last fight.

In arguably the toughest fight of his UFC career, Jones scraped past Gustafsson in their first fight which was later inducted into the UFC's Hall of Fame. The pair would go on to fight again five years later with Jones decisively winning by knocking out Gustafsson in the second round.

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