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The Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya feud isn’t going away anytime soon.
Two of UFC’s biggest stars have been taking shots at each other for what seems like an eternity now, but things really escalated on Monday night.
Both men replied to one another and simply tweeted about each other for hours on end with Jones belittling Adesanya, but the UFC middleweight champion took savage shots at Jones’ checkered past from his brushes with the law to his failed drugs tests.
Of course, fans were weighing in at every opportunity and one even suggested that Jones would meet the same fate as Paulo Costa did at the hands of The Last Stylebender at UFC 253.
“Costa lost the fight the day he signed the contract to fight for the championship,” Jones said about the Brazilian.
“His new [fame] defeated him before the fight even started. Kid just stood there in front of a kickboxer and showboated for the cameras. Don’t compare me to someone who’s proven nothing.
“I’ve never been knocked out or even dropped in my career. I’ll take this boy down and break something on his body, fact,” Jones continued in another tweet.
“Izzy mentions me in an interview on a monthly basis,” Jones said.
“The only time you hear for me is when I respond. It’s no secret that I want to break this clown’s neck. B*tch is hiding behind The Internet and his coaches.”
A few days ago, Jones wondered if Adesanya’s father believed that his son was ready to face someone of the level of Jones, a genuine all-time great by any standard.
Adesanya replied on Twitter: “My pops already told me how I’d beat you. Trust, he knows. Your mother would be disappointed in who you’ve become.”
Many fans thought Adesanya crossed the line by bringing Jones’ deceased mother into it, especially in that manner. Jones mentioned it in passing during their exchanges on Monday night.
“Fighter and coach is mentioning my name in interviews but refused to sign the dotted line. Straight h*e sh*t. Mention a man’s dead mother over the Internet but looking to fight Jared Cannonier.”
Adesanya doesn’t think Jones should be making comments like that given his history. Jones once said he would only fight Daniel Cormier again if he moved back down to light-heavyweight to face him, a stance Adesanya didn’t like.
“Ultimate b***h move. I’d never even ask you to come to 185. I just go up and slay em. Also tested positive when he fought DC. A coward you is.”
He also doesn’t believe Jones is really heading to heavyweight.
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One of Jones’ favourite insults has been the knockout Adesanya suffered while competing in K-1. Bones said if there wasn’t a referee on hand, Adesanya could have died that night, but the Nigerian had a cutting reply to that one.
“If God didn’t intervene you know who else could have died? An unborn child and the mother,” referring to Jones’ hit and run.
Adesanya continued to up the ante with a series of tweets highlighting Jones’ previous mistakes and this war looks far from over.
Spread ‘em lol
Look at him. Useless example of a human being. All the options but chooses to be a waste man. pic.twitter.com/hYPTFLiOlC
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) October 6, 2020
Brb, dinner is ready
But remember kids
Stay positive 👍🏾✨ pic.twitter.com/L0u8mSR37u
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) October 6, 2020
Before you go to sleep tonight jonathan. Make sure you get on your knees, pray and try to actually get to know God…cuz you don’t.
You don’t know God jonathan. pic.twitter.com/rfH8ZQwMTP
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) October 6, 2020
Just watched this whole clip again studying this guy.
The whole clip is a case study on Jonathan and his breaking point.
Bones break, quite easily.
He claims this is God testing him.
You don’t know God Jonathan. pic.twitter.com/wtxJVVkGtQ
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) October 6, 2020
I’m bout to BUUUUSSSTTT!! pic.twitter.com/2YYOM1gv3H
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) October 5, 2020
© Provided by FansidedChandler Jones chimes in after Israel Adesanya and Jon Jones' Twitter spat
The rivalry between UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and former longtime UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones reached a new level over social media as of late. And now, Chandler Jones, Jon's brother and a linebacker for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals, has chimed in on his own account.
Adesanya and Jon Jones have had quite the beef now, with Adesanya at times threatening that he would come up to light heavyweight to challenge Jon Jones and take the title he held at the time.
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Chandler Jones, brother to Jon Jones, sends message to Israel Adesanya
But things escalated in the aftermath of Adesanya successfully retaining the UFC middleweight championship against Paulo Costa at UFC 253. The two went after one another in a series of vicious tweets where the men insulted one another on a variety of subjects from their fighting performances to even bringing in religion and family.
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And now, Chandler Jones decided to not let Adesanya go by without sending a short and simple caution to the UFC's 185-pound champ.
Tread carefully Izzy.
— ♛Chandler Jones (@chanjones55) October 3, 2020
UFC President Dana White caught wind of the Twitter war between the pair and told MMA reporters that he feels a fight in the Octagon between the two makes perfect sense for both men next.
Whether that fight actually happens or not, however, remains to be seen, as the two seemed to be heading in different directions.
Following his successful title defense at UFC 253, Adesanya said he was looking forward to defending against Jared Cannonier (or a rematch with Robert Whittaker should he beat Cannonier at UFC 254 later this month).
Jon Jones, after butting heads with the UFC earlier this year, vacated the light heavyweight title for a planned move to heavyweight.
Chandler Jones, meanwhile, will look to keep the 2-1 Cardinals' good start to the 2020 season going on Sunday, Oct. 4, when they take on the Carolina Panthers.
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