Jon Jones mockingly trolls Israel Adesanya, Jan Blachowicz: “I ran from LHW out of fear"

Jon Jones recently trolled middleweight king Israel Adesanya after it was rumoured that pound-for-pound juggernaut left light heavyweight division to avoid bouts against Adesanya or Dominick Reyes. Jon Jones vacated his 205lb belt last year after dominating division for nearly a decade. 33-year-old has since moved up to heavyweight division, which is filled with some heavy hitters, including champion Stipe Miocic and Francis Nganu.

While commenting on criticism in hilarious fashion, Bones claimed that he moved to heavyweight division t to “challenge" himself, "but out of fear”. Jones n reacted on Dana White booking a bout between Israel Adesanya and Jan Blachowicz, who won vacant light heavyweight title by defeating Dominick Reyes. Last Stylebender would be moving up to 205lb division to face Pole, with Dana White also wanting to see Adesanya vs Jones in 2021.

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Jon Jones takes a dig at Israel Adesanya

Jon Jones n mocked Adesanya for moving to light heavyweight division which he is longer a part off, suggesting that current middleweight champion only went up a class when he left. “When I move, you move, just like that. Name ar fighter who’s made more men retire, switch weight classes, or switch organisations altoger. I’ll wait,” he added.

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Jon Jones trolls Jan Blachowicz

Jon Jones n sarcastically trolled current champion Jan Blachowicz, saying that he “couldn’t see myself beating” polish fighter. He n claimed that Jan’s style is way more superior than his and “ thought of fighting a middleweight striker (Israel Adesanya) in 2021 was final straw”. Clearly, former LHW king was being sarcastic here as he has lost only one fight throughout his career and has broken many major records.

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Why Jon Jones actually left light heavyweight division?

A few weeks ago, Jon Jones sat down with ESPN where he finally revealed why he left 205lb divisions. 33-year-old stated that while he had fun fighting in LWH category, he was t scared of top contenders anymore. He claimed he moved to heavyweight division because top fighters at 265lb are “intimidating” and will drive him to put in some extra work.

“With se next guys I’m going to be going up against, I respect se guys. se guys are intimidating – y’re intimidating as (). It just gets me up in a whole different way,” he added.

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Im Source: AP, Israel Adesanya/ Instagram