Following the success of Submission Underground 2 Jon Jones was contemplating facing the founder of the event – Chael Sonnen.
However now it looks like another person is in the mix, famed UFC fighter Luke Rockhold.
Now Cheal Sonnen is confirming the match is in the works.
Of course it’s far from a safe bet, as Chael himself notes but it’s looking like a very likely scenario.
As a reminder after Jones calling out Sonnen, Rockhold weighed in on twitter and got himself involved:
@jonnybones testing his grappling skills. Let these old men be. U really wanna try this shit 4 real? Im free Jan 29 lets dance @FloGrappling
— Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) December 12, 2016
He then added:
Doc said I can’t kick. Didn’t say anything about grappling…
— Luke Rockhold (@LukeRockhold) December 12, 2016
Chael Sonnen, on the other hand, is set to appear on Celebrity Apprentice early in 2017.
