In the past four years, MMA fans have managed to see John Jones only once, when Cyril introduced Jane in March 2023 To become the heavyweight champion. After overcoming a serious injury, ‘Bones’ is back to defend his belt At UFC 309 vs. stepmusic In the early morning from Saturday, November 16 to Sunday, November 17. As expected, the week of the fight left many photos and anecdotes about the character The best in the history of WFC.
Despite the fact that Both Jones and Miocic showed a lot of respect for each other Mutual for all the months leading up to the fighting, the last few weeks Champion has found reasons to breed’beef’ Against the best heavyweight in history. Instead of that, He created it himself. During the official confrontation on Thursday, Jones denied Stepp’s tribute, He told her to “never name my children again.”
All this controversy comes from Interview conducted by Miocic A few months ago, when he was asked about Why wasn’t it more controversial In his statements, the firefighter stated that ” maybe If I said more nonsense I would charge more, But that’s not who I am. I have two children and I’m just trying to raise them well. I don’t want my kids to look at me and say ‘Look at my dad, he’s a fucking idiot!'”. Despite the fact that at no time did he refer to Jones, the hero understood him that way, so For him now this fight is”very personal”.
However, this fight is very personal
According to him Daniel Cormier, The main commentator of WFC and The biggest historical rival of Jones, Miocic was very angry behind the scenes before False accusations by Jones. In the last confrontation before the fight, ‘Bones’ did not reach Miocic, She then announced that she would prefer to forgive him. “I felt that forgiveness was the right thing to do. That’s what I stand for. However, this fight is very personal”.
Dana White makes a condition to fight with Pereira
During the previous weeks, in the face of numerous rumors about Possible retirement of Jones, The 37-year-old champion announced that he would not retire if he got Fight with Alex Pereira – Light heavyweight champion -. Despite the fact that Tom Aspinall He is the interim champion of the heavyweight division, ‘Bones’ don’t want to be responsible with English, Because he considers that he acted “like a fool” and does not want to do business. Or ‘boatan’, or retreat.
The winner of this match should fight Tom Aspinall
Dana White was asked about this at the official press conference of the event, Showing off sharply. “The winner of this match I have to fight Tom Aspinall.” Later, the head of the company went further, noting that If Jones wins, Aspinall will compensate him with a fight with Pereira Before his withdrawal. Both ‘boatan’ and ‘bones’ want to match , but it remains to be seen if ‘goat’ Acceptance of the Aspinall toll, The one who can’t even see him. “Getting to know Jones, It’s hard for me to think that I don’t want to fight with Aspinall.”, Conclude.
Reunion with Daniel Cormier
One of the other media moments of the fighting week was The reunion between Jon Jones and Daniel Cormier. Both fighters starred in one of the competitions More fierce and controversial From the entire history of the company, bones emerged victorious in both games With the light heavyweight title on the line. Now, Cormier is the commentator for the decoder , and He will be present at the event. In fact, He was able to be interviewed at one of the scheduled events Here’s a wrap for this week.
I recently found out that Daniel doesn’t like me I’m trying to be nice to him
Despite the fact that Jones tried to calm the waters with Cormier, Former heavyweight and light heavyweight champion He doesn’t seem to want to be friends with John. “I recently found out that Daniel doesn’t like me. I’m trying to be nice to him, so I’ll have to greet him from a distance.”, Said the hero. There are still quarrels between them , although both are able to overlook them To behave in a professional manner.