Going into his next title fight, Jon Jones received some advice from former UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva.
On Saturday, Jones will fight UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier in the main event of UFC 214.
During a media call for UFC 214, Jones discussed his recent conversation with arguably the greatest MMA fighter of all time.
“Me and Anderson, we talked on the phone for a while, and I really don’t want to get too much into what we spoke about just out of respect for him,” Jones said. “But when it comes to the fight, basically he just told me to know what I’m capable of. He just said, basically, in a roundabout way, he said, ‘Know what you’re capable of.'”
According to Jones, Silva went on to talk about the level of fear Cormier has. Silva fought Cormier in July 2016 at UFC 200. Cormier won the fight by unanimous decision.
“He said, ‘It was almost surprising to feel the level of fear I felt from Daniel,'” Jones said. “He said to me, ‘I’m an old man now, and Daniel had to take me down round after round because I felt fear coming off of him. This man has fear in his heart.’
“He said, ‘Know what you’re capable of. Go out there and you take this from him.’ In a roundabout way, that’s what he said.”
UFC 214 will take place July 29 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
