Jones to fight Bade at UFC 126

UFC president Dana White has revealed that a fight between Jon Jones and Ryan Bader is set to take place in February.

The two will clash at the UFC 126 event on Saturday February 5th, on the Super Bowl weekend.

“Yes, the fight will happen with Ryan Bader,” White revealed during an appearance on Comcast Sportsnet’s Fight Fix show.

“Jon Jones is obviously the talk of the industry right now. I mean this guy, he’s the whole package. He’s a good-looking kid, he’s smart, he’s incredibly talented, he’s got the size, he’s got the strength,” continued White.

“We’ve had lots of guys come up through the ranks, they look like they were going to be the next big thing, we’ll see if Jon Jones is going to be that guy… He just broke into the top ten, he’s going to take on Ryan Bader, who just beat [Antonio Rogerio] Nogueira. If he gets through that fight then he’s going to fight nothing but the top five.”