It continues: Jon Jones fires back at “F***ing nerd” Israel Adesanya
In a somewhat unexpected twist, newly crowned middleweight champ Israel Adesanya has had the most back-and-forth with light heavyweight champ Jon Jones. Despite Adesanya having an intense rivalry with Brazilian knockout artist Paulo Costa, Jones has been the bigger antagonist. It began with Adesanya openly speaking of a potential move up to light heavyweight. This seemingly rubbed Jones the wrong way, and the two have been at odds since,
Recently, Adesanya was the one to fire the latest shots, in an interview with Ariel Helwani.
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“He’s a fan and he’s always been a fan. But, he just tries to do what he does and, just wait your turn. I am not going to be one of these guys who doesn’t defend his belt, I ‘m going to defend my belt actively. I’m not going to be like him and fight twice a year. Let me defend my belt, then I will move up and fuck him up.”
Jones caught wind of the interview, and made his feelings clear, as he made a retort on Twitter.
All I hear is “I’m a bitch, I dance better than Jones.” Oh and some weird shit about big American balls in your mouth. https://t.co/aLNjHVBsTF
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) October 8, 2019
Adesanya’s nick name, is a reference to Avatar: The Last Airbender, as the middleweight champ is a huge fan of manga and Japanese anime. Jones went after his new rivals interests in his following post.
I’m not out here searching for dragon ball Z fans, I’m in pursuit of these history books. Being mentioned with history‘s greatest combatants ever. Fucking nerd
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) October 8, 2019
Jones insists that he is in the pursuit of greatness, and that he wants legacy-building fights. While he may not want to admit it, the way that Adesanya has been competing will do all the more in service of his own legacy, which, given time, may be able to compare with Jones.
Do you want to see Jones vs Adesanya? When?
