Israel Adesanya Reminds Jon Jones What He Said To Daniel Cormier
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Israel Adesanya has been the talk of the town for the past few weeks after his impressive title defense at UFC 253. In his second title defense ‘Izzy’ faced an unbeaten challenger in Paulo Costa. The ease with which Adesanya defeated a worthy adversary won him a lot of fans. ‘Izzy’ has been garnered with praise from all corners of the globe.
However, there will still a few who were not impressed. Namely, light heavyweight legend Jon Jones (26-1). Following his win over Costa, Jon took to Twitter to critique the middleweight champion. Over the past few weeks ‘Bones’ has repeatedly trolled Adesanya on social media. Israel has responded aptly.
Jon Jones Says He Wants Israel Adesanya Fight in Six Months
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Israel Adesanya calls Jon Jones a coward
Adesanya (20-0) is one of the best martial artists in the world. He is also an extremely outgoing person who never backs away from a troll. ‘The Last Stylebender’ is observing quarantine for two weeks, he finds himself with a lot of free time and a worthy target in Jon Jones
Ultimate bitch move.
I’d never even ask you to come to 185. I just go up and slay em.
Also tested positive when he fought DC. A coward you is. pic.twitter.com/p76kAI5QGW— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) October 6, 2020
Most recently, Adesanya replied to an image that read, “(Cormier) is going to have to come and get me,” Jones said. “He talked all that trash- I’m going to make him cut that weight.”
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To which ‘The last Style Bender’ replied, “Ultimate b**ch move. I’d never ask you to come to 185. I just go up and slay ‘em. Also tested positive when he fought DC. A coward you is.”
The war of words between the two champions might have started off as banter. However, it has crossed lines off late with Jones speaking about Adensanya’s father. And Israel bringing into the conversation Jon Jones’ late mother.
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Israel’s latest title defense reportedly brought in around 700,000 PPV buys which all but proves that he is a bonafide star. Jones has proven himself time and time again and is without a doubt one of the biggest stars in the UFC.
Both men have admitted to wanting to fight each other. A potential fight would definitely bring in a lot of money for the promotion and the athletes as well. However, a potential fight is only a dream at this point for MMA fans as no concrete reports have surfaced regarding the fight.