MOSCOW, June 17 British boxer Tyson Fury said that The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) offered him a «hybrid fight» with promotional champion American Jon Jones.
Earlier, Fury refused to fight under the rules of mixed martial arts (MMA) with Jones and invited the American to meet in the boxing ring.
“I was in talks with Francis Ngannou about a hybrid fight. Now there is talk that me and Jon Jones will do a hybrid fight. Yesterday I got an offer from the UFC. So you never know what will happen. There are many options, and at the moment I'm still going to get a real opponent in a boxing match,» Fury said during a broadcast on Foxify's Twitter account, a fragment of which is cited by journalist Michael Benson on his social network page.
Fury defeated compatriot Derek Chisora on December 4 to retain his World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title. The Briton is 34 years old, he does not know defeats in the professional ring (33 wins and one draw). On account of the 35-year-old Jones 27 wins with one defeat (another fight declared invalid). In March, he defeated Cyril Gan of France to win the heavyweight title.