{"id":1162050,"date":"2026-08-21T23:24:22","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1162050\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T23:24:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T23:24:22","slug":"two-time-olympic-champion-jade-jones-eyed-for-fight-with-one-of-mmas-all-time-greats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1162050\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-time Olympic champion Jade Jones eyed for fight with one of MMA’s all-time greats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympic Taekwondo champion Jade Jones is being targeted to face Cris Cyborg.<\/p>\n

Jones had a stellar career in Taekwondo which at its peak saw her scoop gold medals at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

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Jones is one of Misfit’s hottest properties right now, and Taylor thinks she’s on her way to the topCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

As of recently, she has launched a career in crossover boxing, joining KSI’s Misfits and making a huge stamp.<\/p>\n

Her two fights, including her most recent meeting with FederiKita<\/a>, ended in brutal stoppage wins.<\/p>\n

And she will return in another big clash against Power Slap champion Sheena Bathory for the Misfits Middleweight title in September.<\/p>\n

Having started extremely brightly in another combat sports, Misfits chief Mams Taylor has been full of praise for the icon.<\/p>\n

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But his plan is for his new star to challenge MMA all-time great Cyborg in a boxing fight, that he is targeting by the start of 2027.<\/p>\n

He told talkSPORT.com in an exclusive chat: “So I’ve been saying if she does win and she stays on this trajectory, I want her fighting Cyborg by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

“Or maybe at the start of 2027, to be honest whenever it is feasible.
But I would like that to happen. <\/p>\n

“And I think she’s fully capable. And then look, this is for the 135 title, she becomes champion, defends it a few times successfully, I think she’ll be more than ready for professional boxing.”<\/p>\n

Cyborg is set for her final bow in MMA this weekend on the PFL Tampa card<\/a>, which is live on the talkSPORT Boxing YouTube channel in the UK.<\/p>\n

But after her last PFL outing, the Brazilian is eyeing a big fight in the squared circle.<\/p>\n

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A clash with Cyborg, who also has experience in boxing, would be a blockbuster affairCredit: Getty<\/p>\n

She has targeted Claressa Shields<\/a>, but Jones likely has the lure and the profile to be a realistic option for the great, who has won titles in UFC, Bellator, PFL, Invicta FC and Strikeforce.<\/p>\n

Jade Jones’ next fight – a step up<\/p>\n

But before any dream bout with Cyborg, Jones must navigate the powerful challenge that will be provided by Bathory.<\/p>\n

So far she has passed each stage with flying colours, and Taylor believes a victory would leave the Welsh wizard in good stead to become a boxing superstar.<\/p>\n

He continued: We saw her make her debut in boxing and she’s a beast. <\/p>\n

“So I wanted Jade to step up and, and test her out, but this is a different animal. <\/p>\n

“And somehow someone who’s primarily a kicker has understood the fundamentals of boxing with her movement and her distance management, which is incredible.<\/p>\n

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“Whoever wins that fight has a very bright future with Misfits. <\/p>\n

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“Let’s just say that as it is a very competitive fight. But look, I’ve been saying about Jade, what I saw, it wasn’t just the knockout that was impressive.<\/p>\n

“It was the movement and the setup and the countering and her understanding of the fundamental distance management of combat sports. I think that made her very special.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olympic Taekwondo champion Jade Jones is being targeted to face Cris Cyborg. Jones had a stellar career in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1162051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,4496,315173,92794,315508,315509,124568,23034,79,16,15],"class_list":["post-1162050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-cris-cyborg","tag-jade-jones","tag-jade-jones-next-fight","tag-jade-jones-next-opponent","tag-mams-taylor","tag-misfits-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1162050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1162050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1162051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1162050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1162050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1162050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}