Jones (left) is provoked by Adesanya (right). Photo: SL Montage
Although the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has promoted isolation among people, it ended up bringing users closer to social media, which, in MMA, can be a great opportunity to revive old enemies. This was the case of Israel adesanya e Jon Jones. Confessedly disaffected, the athletes returned to arguing after the Nigerian provoked 'Bones' on his 'Twitter' profile. The message triggered a discussion followed by thousands of followers.
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“Hey, coward, are you still there?”, wrote the middleweight champion (up to 83,9kg) in a provocation to Jones, who was quick to respond.
Hey pussy you still there… @JonnyBones
— Israel adesanya (@stylebender) April 12, 2020
“Using good oxygen. Someone wake up as a coward and change your pad”, replied Jon with a message that was later deleted, probably due to the disrespectful tone adopted by the owner of the light heavyweight belt (up to 93 kg.). The phrase captioned an image of Adesanya breathing using an oxygen balloon after a tough kickboxing defeat in 2017.
Nowadays, it is common for a personality to publish, regret and then delete a comment on a social network. However, the more followers you have, the more difficult it is for a phrase put in the wrong way to go unnoticed among so many people.
Israel then obtained a record of Jones' message before it was deleted and used the image to further needle the American.
“Did he 'post' and delete it? I got knocked out once and never made that mistake again. How many times was he arrested? How many times have you failed in doping? How many times have you had your belt taken from you? Someone answer me. You never learn, you coward”, Israel fired.
Did he do a post & delete Dwight?
I was ko'd once and I never made that mistake again.
How many times have you been arrested?
How many times did you piss hot?
How many times did you have your belt taken off you? (someone answers these)
You never learn you PulsingPictoPussy. pic.twitter.com/qYhEgnWwlm— Israel adesanya (@stylebender) April 13, 2020
The rivalry between Adesanya and Jon Jones It began after the Nigerian won the interim middleweight belt in October last year. At that moment, Israel stated that he had the desire to test himself against Jon in the top division. This fact caught the attention of 'Bones', who immediately took on the challenge.
The controversy between them increased after Israel stated that their plans to move up a division were for 2021. The information went down like a glove for 'Bones', who started to provoke the Nigerian, stating that he was not prepared to face one of the biggest names of the history of sport.
Jones recently defended his light heavyweight title. In February, the North American exchanged forces against Dominick reyes and ended up winning in a highly contested decision. In recent weeks, the champion's name once again ended up in the police pages, when Jon ended up arrested in Albuquerque (USA), accused of driving drunk and negligent use of a firearm.
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