Once upon a time, Jon Jones was the UFC light heavyweight champion. Then a series of poor life choices caught up with him, and he was was arrested, suspended, stripped of his title, tried, and found guilty. Daniel Cormier and Anthony Johnson, both of whom had fallen to Jones, fought for the new title.

Jones is now off suspension, and was scheduled to challenge Cormier at UFC 197 on April 23, 2016 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Then Cormier got hurt at AKA, and Ovince Saint Preux stepped up.

Now DC has appeared on The MMA Hour, and offered OSP the remainder of his training camp, for free. And DC thinks OSP could win it, theoretically.

“I think everybody has a shot, but I think there’s a chance for Ovince to have a better shot, but it’s up to him to take it,” said as transcribed by Zane Simon for BE. “And that’s why coming here, we’ll open our doors to him, to come and train at the American Kickboxing Academy. I don’t care what happens in the future, I can’t train with Ovince, but I’ve got a guy named Cain Velasquez that can train with him, I’ve got a guy named Luke Rockhold that can train with him, I’ve got a guy named Chi Lewis Parry, I got a guy named Frank Munoz. We’ve got everything in place where he can just take my training camp for the next few weeks.

“Take my training camp, we will take care of it. We’ll fly Ovince and his team out here, we’ll put ’em up, give him a place to stay, because no one in this gym wants to see Jon Jones not have to fight a tough fight on April 23rd. For my pocketbook Jon needs to go out there and win and look great, but we want to give Ovince a chance and every guy on my team, they’re willing to play a part in that.”

“I’ll be one of his coaches. Listen, nobody wants to fight Jon Jones worse than I do. So, if I can live through Ovince on April 23rd, I will live through Ovince on April 23rd. He can take my training camp. I thought that we had, finally, the perfect mixture of what we needed in order for our preparations. So yes, Ovince can have my training camp. All paid for, right out of my checking account. Ovince St. Preux, if you want to come to San Jose, bud, you got a team in the American Kickboxing Academy that’s ready to support you.”

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