UFC heavyweight champion, Jon Jones has despatched some followers and pundits into fear on social media in a single day, posting a brief video on his official Instagram Dwell — claiming he needs to “kill” someone and voicing his “disappointment”.
Jones, a present heavyweight champion and a former two-time mild heavyweight gold holder below the banner of the promotion, has been sidelined from motion since final November, most lately headlining UFC 309 in opposition to the returning former titleholder, Stipe Miocic.
And sending the Ohio veteran into retirement in dominant vogue, Rochester native, Jones turned in an eventual third spherical spinning back-kick to the physique stoppage, defeating the returning ex-champion.
Jon Jones claims he needs to “kill” somebody in worrying Instagram put up
Linked in previous months since then with a title unification conflict in opposition to present interim champion, Tom Aspinall in his return to motion — probably as quickly as this summer time throughout Worldwide Combat Week, Jones apprehensive some followers on social media in a single day, claiming he was so upset and “p*ssed off” he needed to “kill” someone earlier than reducing an finish to his stay stream.
“You go on a trip, and get p*ssed off, disappointed,” Jon Jones stated on Instagram Dwell, while slurring his phrases. “And as a Dad, you just wanna kill ‘em.”
In addition to a possible title unification conflict with Aspinall this summer time, earlier this week, long-time foe and present PFL (Skilled Fighters League) star, Francis Ngannou teased talks have been held alongside Turki Alalshikh with a purpose to strike a deal for him to share the cage with Jones within the close to future.
“We didn’t have that opportunity (to plan my future) but we exchanged words obviously about that,” Francis Ngannou advised SportsBook Evaluation throughout a latest interview. “(Saudi Arabian Royal Court adviser) Turki Alalshikh said he was working on something big for me this year. He said we have to do something big – either Jon Jones or Wilder. That’s what he told me personally.”
If you will get previous (UFC CEO) Dana White, it may occur (however) that’s a large impediment,” Francis Ngannou defined. “But personally I don’t care. I’m doing well. I’m doing my stuff at my pace. I don’t care. That won’t change my sleep for me. Finishing my career without fighting Jon Jones would be okay. I have tried to fight Jon Jones for four years since I fought Jairzinho Rozenstruik back in 2020. I’ve been trying to fight Jon Jones and then they were holding it out like a trap until the moment that I was about to leave and then they said, ‘Okay, here’s the Jon Jones fight.’ But it was bait. I felt they were very tricky.”