Chris Weidman has his next assignment at middleweight. The date is set.

But that doesn’t mean he’s not thinking long-term. And down the road, the UFC’s 185-pound champion today said he’d like to eventually move to light heavyweight. And the opponent he most wants to fight when he gets there? It’s former champ Jon Jones.

Weidman (13-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) next up meets Luke Rockhold (14-2 MMA, 4-1 UFC) in the co-main event of UFC 194, which takes place Dec. 12 at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. (The delayed featherweight title fight between champion Jose Aldo and interim belt holder Conor McGregor is in the headlining spot.)

During a Twitter takeover with his home state’s Mets, the New Yorker said a move to light heavyweight is in his future in “a couple more years.” And when he gets there, he said he wants to fight “whoever is the best, the champion.”

Right now, that’s Daniel Cormier since Jones is suspended indefinitely by the UFC following his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run accident in Albuquerque in the spring. Cormier submitted Anthony Johnson to win the UFC’s 205-pound title at UFC 187 in May after Jones was stripped of it.

And while it’s possible Jones might not be back when Weidman moves to light heavyweight – or at the very least might not be the champion – Weidman still listed him as the fighter he’d most like to meet in a dream matchup.

As for his next assignment against Rockhold, with whom he recently clashed with on Twitter, Weidman told a fan beating him will “feel amazing like it always does after a big win vs. a great opponent.”

Weidman is ranked No. 1 in the NOS Energy Drink MMA middleweight rankings. Rockhold is No. 2. Weidman will be in pursuit of his fourth consecutive title defense after taking the belt from longtime champ Anderson Silva in 2013. The 31-year-old Serra-Longo Fight Team member has since posted title defenses over Silva, Lyoto Machida and Vitor Belfort.

Rockhold, a 30-year-old American Kickboxing Academy fighter and former Strikeforce champion, earned his title shot on the strength of a four-fight winning streak. After a loss to Belfort in 2013, Rockhold has beaten Costas Philippou, Tim Boestch, Michael Bisping and Machida. He earned three fight-night bonuses in the process.

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