Jon Jones has called out Mike Tyson, saying he wants to fight the former world heavyweight boxing champion in both the ring and the octagon.
Tyson recently said he wanted to come out of retirement for some exhibition fights, kicking off a flurry of rumours and call outs from all sorts of places.
UFC light heavyweight champion Jones is currently in a pay dispute with the company's president Dana White and Tyson waded in to say that "Jon Jones got to fight me if he wants to make some super money," and now 'Bones' has responded on social media.
I’m listening @MikeTyson
He followed up his tweet with a post on Instagram to lay down exactly what he wants from 'Iron Mike,' saying, "I'll box you in the ring if you promise to give me a real fight in the octagon afterwards. And because I respect you so much, I promise I won't break anything on you."
Tyson was talking about the fact that UFC often gets higher ratings than boxing but that boxers are still earning far more than their MMA counterparts.
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The 53-year-old said, "A UFC fighter will never be richer than a first-class fighter. To make a $100 million, Conor [McGregor] had to fight Floyd [Mayweather]."
Jones dispute with White and UFC is to do with the fact he doesn't believe he's paid enough and he tried to renegotiate his deal when it came to moving up in weight to face Francis Ngannou at heavyweight, in what would be a super fight.
The light heavyweight champion isn't the only one who has had issues recently, with Ngannou also having problems with money, as have Jorge Masvidal, Henry Cejudo and Conor McGregor for differing reasons, with the latter two both retiring.
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