Needless to say, Jon Jones was not impressed by Israel Adesanya at UFC 259.
Adesanya (20-1 MMA, 9-1 UFC), the reigning middleweight champion, came up short in his bid to become a two-division titleholder Saturday when he fell short of light heavyweight gold vs. Jan Blachowicz (28-8 MMA, 11-5 UFC) in the main event at the UFC Apex in Las vegas.
Jones (26-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC), who has been feuding with Adesanya for more than a year, was watching the fight closely. He tweeted multiple times throughout and by the end, it appeared his interest in fighting Adesanya was gone (via Twitter):
Can’t wait to make this bitch eat his words
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021
Yeah never mind, that’s not even worth my time
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021
If you ever wrote me talking shit about Izzy beating me, slap yourself
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021
Desperately https://t.co/Ftu1AW8fP5
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021
Dare to be great, good job kid 👍🏾
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 7, 2021
If Adesanya had won, it would’ve launched him into superstar status and potentially put him on a collision course with Jones at heavyweight.
Adesanya said after the fight that he intends to return to the middleweight division to defend his title, while Jones appears poised to challenge the winner of the March 27 heavyweight title fight between Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou.
