Jon Jones Trolls Israel Adesanya After UFC 259 Defeat To Jan Blachowicz
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The rivalry between Israel Adesanya and Jon Jones stepped up a notch after the latter took some serious shots at 'The Last Stylebender' following his UFC 259 defeat on Saturday night.
Jones has, however, appeared to throw cold water on a potential fight against Adesanya by saying "that's not even worth my time."
THE LEGEND GROWS!
:trophy::flag_pl: @JanBlachowicz defends his LHW strap. #UFC259 pic.twitter.com/2CdNbJYzAn
- UFC (@ufc) March 7, 2021
It was an entertaining night inside the Apex, Las Vegas as the main event between Adesanya and Jan Blachowicz for the UFC light heavyweight title delivered the goods.
Blachowicz, who defeated Dominick Reyes back in September to win the vacant title, showcased a solid grappling game in his first title defence, along with his usual power to come out on top via unanimous decision.
Adesanya failed in his bid to become a two-division champion and many reacted to his loss on social media, including former two-time UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones.
"The size did play a factor but my technique could've been better!"
Israel Adesanya talks to Joe Rogan following his first defeat in MMA.#UFC259 pic.twitter.com/nTTIEjhq0v
- UFC on BT Sport (@btsportufc) March 7, 2021
The pair have gone back and forth on many occasions in recent months regarding a potential fight, but Jones was far from impressed with the 31-year-old's performance on Saturday night.
In fact, he tweeted several times to voice his opinions on the matter.
Dare to be great, good job kid :thumbsup:
- BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021
pic.twitter.com/a8lPLfsJXF
- BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021
The greatest striking MMA has ever seen? This shit needs to stop already.. people so quick to jump on a hype train.
- BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021
Excuse me for enjoying this a little too much, these cartoon fans been talking crazy. https://t.co/xekm04o54t
- BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021
Seems like everyone worried about me can't get past what's in front of them. Weird
- BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021
'The Last Stylebender' was 20-0 in MMA coming into the main event at UFC 259 and was confident of securing victory this weekend, but Jones didn't see it going that way.
He took to Twitter on Friday evening and tweeted: "Jan by KO" before swiftly deleting it.
Jan by KO
Jones deleted it, but I won't. pic.twitter.com/l76REvfnGC
- AJ Sutherland (@AJLiveandDirect) March 5, 2021
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Topics: Jan Blachowicz, Jon Jones, UFC, Twitter, MMA, Israel Adesanya
