Before this weekend’s UFC 243 event, Israel Adensaya spoke with The Mac Life and claimed that he was going to work his way up to light heavyweight in a few years to face Jon Jones once he clears out the middleweight division.
Via The Mac Life
“I wouldn’t say he’s the ultimate, but he’s definitely a boss on the game I want to play against,”.
“Raider Stadium, Las Vegas, that’s where it’s going to happen. I decided in July when I was in Vegas.”“Hmm, with the middleweight division, it’s getting stacked. I like Cannonier right now, [Paulo] Costa I have to take care of, and a few others, I’m saying 2021 [vs Jones]. I’m fighting. Probably early, yeah. The way I fight, six fights in 18 months, obviously I had a long break. It’s harder when you become champion, so much weight to move fast, yeah, we’ll see what happens.”
Jones was clearly annoyed by Adesanya’s cockiness and responded on Twitter.
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) October 2, 2019
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) October 2, 2019
Adesanya would later destroy Robert Whittaker at UFC 243 with AN absolutely devastating second round KO to become the undisputed UFC middleweight champion.
— DailySportsDosage (@OfficalDSD) October 6, 2019
Jones went on to poke Adesanya, who he claims doesn’t have the confidence to fight him yet.
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) October 7, 2019
Hopefully Dana White convinces Adesanya to fight Jon Jones sooner than later because that would be an amazing fight.
