The budding rivalry between Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya isn’t cooling down anytime soon.
Jones, the UFC’s reigning light heavyweight champion, and Adesanya, the UFC’s newly crowned undisputed middleweight champion, have been embroiled in a war of words for months now.
On Monday during an interview with ESPN, “The Last Stylebender” reaffirmed his plans to eventually move up a division after defending his own belt and challenge Jones.
Reacting to Adesanya’s comments, Jones issued a series of replies on Twitter in which he referred to Adesanya as “a bitch,” “a f*cking nerd,” and a “bitch ass.