Jon Jones predicts hyped AFC Championship NFL game featuring two of Football's top quarterbacks
01/26/2025 05:50 PM
UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones is keeping a keen eye on what’s described as the NFL’s ‘Game of the Year’ between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills.
Jon Jones‘ brothers, Arthur and Chandler, were both standout NFL players during their careers. Arthur won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens, while Chandler was a star defensive end for the New England Patriots, leading them to a Super Bowl 49 win.
Despite having two NFL stars as his brothers, Jon took a different route in pursuing wrestling instead of football after high school. He played as a lineman during a brief high school football career but he didn’t receive any offers to play college football.
Jones’ decision to go all-in on combat sports has paid off immensely. He’s arguably the greatest UFC fighter of all time after recent wins over Stipe Miocic, Ciryl Gane, and UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier.
As he continues ongoing contract negotiations with the UFC to fight Tom Aspinall, Jones is enjoying some American Football this weekend as two times vie for a spot in Super Bowl 59.
Jon Jones lets hometown bias sway AFC Championship game pick
In a recent Instagram post, Jones made his pick for the 2025 AFC Championship game.
“What’s up Bills Mafia? This is the UFC heavyweight champion here, Jon ‘Bones’ Jones, and I want to wish you guys all the luck in the world in the AFC Championship against the Kansas City Chiefs. Let’s get it done. Bills Mafia all day,” Jones proclaimed.
Jones was born and raised in Rochester, New York before eventually leaving the state to train in wrestling and most notably, mixed martial arts.
If the Buffalo Bills make this year’s Super Bowl, it’ll mark their first AFC Championship win since 1994. The Bills lost four-straight Super Bowl games in the 1990s to the Dallas Cowboys (twice), Washington Redskins and New York Giants.
This year’s AFC Championship game features two of the NFL’s top quarterbacks, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen. Mahomes and the Chiefs are in pursuit of a third-straight Super Bowl win.
Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall announcement could come shortly after Super Bowl 59
After defeating Miocic in his first UFC heavyweight title defense at UFC 309, Jones is in active negotiations to face Aspinall in one of the biggest fights in heavyweight history. Aspinall, the UFC’s interim heavyweight champion, hasn’t competed since an interim title defense against Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304.
Jones is one of a handful of all-time UFC greats to earn world titles in multiple divisions, joining the likes of Conor McGregor and Cormier. A win over Aspinall could potentially move Jones up the pound-for-pound rankings and surpass Islam Makhachev for the No. 1 spot.
Jones and millions around the world are expected to tune in for the dramatic conclusions to the 2024-2025 NFL season.
