LAS VEGAS – Trevin Jones wants to run things back with Saidyokub Kakhramonov after UFC Fight Night 211.
Jones (13-8 MMA, 1-2 UFC) will look to snap a two-fight losing skid when he meets Raoni Barcelos (16-3 MMA, 5-2 UFC) on Saturday’s main card at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas.
One of those losses came to Kakhramonov (10-2 MMA, 2-0 UFC) at UFC on ESPN 29, in a bout where Kakhramonov stepped in on short notice and missed weight by 2.5 pounds. Kakhramonov submitted Jones late in Round 3, but Jones wants a fair crack at the matchup.
“For sure I’m gonna get Said back,” Jones told reporters at the UFC Fight Night 211 media day on Wednesday. “If I get this Raoni fight, that’s gonna put me in a very nice position, but I don’t want no top 15, I don’t want nothing. As soon as Said drops a fight, I want Said again because the boy didn’t even make weight.”
He continued, “That fight has to happen again, has to. That’s the only fight I want right now. Right now I have an opponent in front of me, I’m very focused on Raoni. If they don’t give me him, I’ll be focused on my next guy, but if I had a chance to call anyone out or get any say, of course, I want that Said fight again.”
For Jones, the way Kakhramonov handled the win is what rubbed him the wrong way.
“When he won that fight he was like, ‘Oh three days’ notice, three days’ notice.’ The guy messaged me on Instagram at least eight days’ out and he was like, ‘Trev take the fight vs. me, take the fight vs. me,’ and I was like bro, whoever they call me, I’m not in charge of that. Whoever they call me, I’m fighting, and then it ended up being him. He ended up not making weight and winning. The way he acted about it, ‘Three days’ notice, three days’ notice,’ like a dick. I don’t respect that.
“I respect he beat me, of course, it’s a sport. He’s not supposed to come out there and lose, but make the weight and beat me. I think if he made that weight, four pounds down, that’s four pounds of him working and four pounds of him rehydrating. That’s a big difference and the way I was controlling him in the fight, I think that would have been the difference. So, I don’t think that fight should be held against me because boy didn’t even come correct.”
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