Griffin wants Handicap Match with Jon Jones
Former Ultimate Fighting Championship or the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Forrest Griffin has suggested that he and his longtime friend and ally Stephen Bonnar take on the current champion Jon Jones in a handicap match for the championship. The two were chatting over a cup of tea on FUEL TV in a conversation segment and Griffin stated that they had discussed a potential handicap match with the champion.
Although there is no hope that a handicap match will happen, if we do assume that Forrest Griffin and Stephen Bonnar were actually involved in a handicap match, it will be a monumental moment in the history of Mixed Martial Arts as well as for the UFC as it will be the first ever handicap match in this form of fighting. Knowing the President of the UFC Dana White, he would just love it if it was his beloved promotion that staged the first ever handicap match in the history of Mixed Martial Arts.
Griffin and Bonnar have been the best of friend since they fought in the Finale of the first Ultimate Fighter where Griffin won the title by virtue of a split decision and has since gone on to become the UFC Light Heavyweight Champion as well. Bonnar and Griffin are also recognized for bringing a new dawn into the UFC, their arrival being hailed as the ‘dawn of a new era’ in the promotion and if the match does go ahead, there would be no other alternative for this historic match other than these two.
When asked what they would do if they managed to defeat Jon Jones, Forrest Griffin, in his usual cocky self stated that they would split the championship belt into two and the two will be Light Heavyweight Champions.