Jon Jones is planning to struggle once more. For actual, this time!
The sunshine heavyweight nice and present “undisputed” (they keep using that word) UFC heavyweight champion launched a prolonged assertion this week assuring his legion of loyal followers that “the story’s still being written.” This, regardless of Jones exhibiting no signal of reserving a struggle since working over a retiring Stipe Miocic this previous November at UFC 309 and undoubtedly wanting nothing to do with interim—or as the MMA Fighting team refers to him, real—champion Tom Aspinall, who’s ready for the UFC to offer him a 2025 project.
If the tone here’s a tad glib, it’s solely reflective of the rising consensus that no matter Jones decides to do subsequent, it’s unlikely to be satisfying. All credit score to Jones for his previous accomplishments, he actually owes us nothing, however when it feels such as you’re conspiring with the UFC to keep away from arguably the largest struggle you possibly can make in all of MMA right now, properly, folks have a proper to be irritated.
Don’t imagine me? Take a look at what y’all needed to say about Jones’ newest shenanigans.
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Suffice to say, when one of the vital hyped MMA prospects ever falls flat, people are going to have one thing to say about.
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Actual speak: I don’t know who any of those individuals are that maintain signing as much as get knocked round by MMA fighters and I don’t assume I wish to know. Loads of you are feeling the identical.
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Ought to the UFC strip Jon Jones?
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