"A lean 230lbs, excited to feel my speed at 220lbs."
Jon Jones wrote that about himself earlier this week and, it's true, the former UFC light heavyweight champion appears to be in the best shape of his life.
Jones has famously taken to a rigorous strength and conditioning programme as he looks to reclaim the belt of which he was stripped in April after his part in a hit-and-run incident at the start of the year.
'Bones' has looked huge in recent Instagram posts but his speed doesn't look to have been hindered too much if this latest snippet of a workout is anything to go by.
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We don't envy Daniel Cormier right now.
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