There has been a mutual respect between Jon Jones and Thiago Santos ahead of their light heavyweight title bout at UFC 239, but that all changed on Friday, when Santos laid into ‘Bones’ for his past use of performance-enhancing drugs and 2015 hit-and-run incident.
“He will be remembered as a roider, a guy who drives while drunk,” Santos told Combate in a recent interview. “That’s his business. I have to be remembered for not doing those things. It’s his life. If that’s how he wants to live his life, that’s his problem.”
Jones soon got word of Santos’ derogatory remarks and responded with a series of Tweets on Saturday.