Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones tempted by MMA switch
By Charlotte Bates
Last Updated: 08/12/16 1:44pm
Great Britain's two-time Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones could be tempted to make the switch to mixed martial arts in the future.
The 23-year-old is aiming to add to her gold medals from London 2012 and Rio 2016 by claiming a historic hat-trick at the Tokyo 2020 Games.
And regarding what might follow her taekwondo career, Jones told the BBC: "I'm not going to lie, it's tempting to think 'what else is out there' and in MMA people earn millions.
"It's hard to get sponsors and make money in taekwondo, but I just love it.
"Maybe in the future I'll go to MMA after I've retired from taekwondo, but for now, no one in the sport has ever got three Olympic gold medals, so I have to continue to [try to] get that."
American Ronda Rousey took up MMA, going on to become a UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) champion after earning a judo bronze medal at the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
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