Brock Lesnar heavyweight fight with Jon Jones given green-light by UFC chief Dana White who admits ‘I would do it’

DANA WHITE fuelled speculation that Brock Lesnar will fight Jon Jones as he admitted: "I would do it".

as he prepares to make his mark on the heavyweight division.

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The 33-year-old ditched his light-heavyweight title last month to move up a weight class.

He has vowed to beat Lesnar -

Jones sent his 2.4million Twitter followers wild as he tweeted: "Brock I'll beatcho a** too."

White has now said he will make the fight - if both of the stars want it to happen.

He said: "If [Jones and Lesnar] both want to fight each other, I'm sure it's a fight the fans want to see and it would be a good introduction for Jones into the heavyweight division.

"So, yeah if they both wanted to do it, I would it."

WWE legend Kurt Angle has also insisted that Lesnar is desperate for one last UFC fight against Jones.

Speaking on The Ariel Helwani Show, Angle said: "I know he said that he's retired.

"The one fight he wants, and I don't know if it's ever going to happen, but he wants to go up against Jon Jones."

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Lesnar's last MMA fight was against Mark Hunt at UFC 200 in October 2016.

But the former heavyweight champion's win was later overturned to a no-contest after he failed a drugs test.

Jones, who has a record of 26-1, last fought in February when he beat Dominick Reyes.