UFC boss Dana White warns fans’ don’t get excited ‘over Jon Jones v Israel Adesanya with Americans jumping up to heavyweight and warning of’ obstacles competitors’ big ones to overcome
- UFC boss Dana White has questioned Jon Jones’ take on Israel Adesanya
- Jones has moved up to heavyweight after becoming a lightweight champion
- The pair continued their war of words this year amid calls for a halt
- But White said the two had ‘major obstacles’ to deal with after Jones took a step
- He believes the expected fight would only take place at a light weight
UFC president Dana White has raised doubts about a possible match between rivals Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya after the Americans moved up to heavyweight.
Jones insists he has ‘no intention’ of moving back down to light-heavyweight after being a two-time champion in that division, as he looks forward to landing a title. in the highest weight class.
The pair have been embroiled in a war of words over the past year, and that continued this year when Jones mocked Adesanya for moving up to a light-heavy after to leave the pressure section, saying: ” When I move, you move, just like that. ‘
Dana White has poured doubt on the surface between Jon Jones (L) and Israel Adesanya (R)
And White thinks both fighters have ‘big bumps’ to overcome, especially now with Adesanya ready to take over Jan Blachowicz.
‘With Jon Jones moving up to heavyweight, I don’t know,’ he told ESPN, via MMA Fighting. Then there is all the conversation between him and Adesanya. I do not know. Adesanya still has to fight Jan [Blachowicz], which is a tough fight and Jones at heavyweight.
‘There are so many big obstacles that these people have to overcome. So don’t even get excited thinking about Jon Jones vs Adesanya. ‘
White thinks the surface just wouldn’t happen at light weight, but after Jones’ s harsh words about not moving back down, he feels that the result could be blown away. -out of the water.
UFC president believes both fighters have ‘big lumps’ to overcome before they fight after Jones moves up to heavyweight
Jones mocked Adesanya, suggesting he only moved up in class when he left the department
‘Light weight,’ White replied when asked about the weight class for the possible fight. ‘Jon Jones fought with heavy weights all his life. Adesanya is willing to move up to fight Jan for the title.
‘But does Jon Jones even want to go back to light heavyweight again? That just blows the whole thing out of the water. ‘
Earlier in the year Jones said he was moving on from light weight as he did not want to ‘slow down the division’ and wanted to see another champion in the division.
‘The reason I decided to leave the heavyweight belt and not rely on it was that I knew my transition to heavyweight was going to take a long time,’ Jones told the Bleacher Report.
Jon Jones left his light heavyweight title last summer after nearly a decade of leadership
‘I didn’t want to be one of those athletes to slow down the split. I feel like I’ve held on to the heavyweight competition for so long – I’ve ruined so many people’s dreams of being a heavyweight champion – and now the -time to have someone else.
‘I thought it was something that should be done for everyone else. I could have done the rude thing and grabbed it and come up with a handful of excuses and told lies to the fans and said I was going to come back down to light weight and made all these people wait. I didn’t want to do that. I have no intention of ever going back to light heavyweight. ‘
Jones will be overseeing a lawsuit with the likes of Stipe Miocic, who currently holds the overweight title, and who could be the winner of his fight against No. 1 rival Francis Ngannou.