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Jon Jones responds to Alexander Gustafsson, says ‘lack of heart’ is why he’s never been UFC champ

Jon Jones might be the best pound-for-pound MMA fighter ever. He has the Twitter game to match.

The former UFC light heavyweight champion fired a nasty salvo at Alexander Gustafsson on the social-media outlet Wednesday night. Jones blasted Gustafsson for comments Gustafsson made over the weekend about Jones not being a true champion in his eyes.

In response, Jones said that Gustafsson was not a champion because he “didn’t win championship fights.” Jones said the reason Gustafsson lost hard-fought, five-round decisions in title bouts against both Jones and Daniel Cormier was due to a “lack of heart.