The ongoing beef between interim UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya and current light heavyweight champion Jon Jones continues.
Jones’ split decision win over Thiago Santos this past weekend at UFC 239 drew criticism from the interim champ, with Adesanya stating ‘Bones’ was a great fighter before strict anti-doping rules came into the UFC.
“I saw him live, he doesn’t have it,” Adesanya said when he appeared on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show this week. “He was great when he was fighting and there wasn’t USADA around, but now, the man needs to get back on the pictograms if he wants to be great again.”
Israel Adesanya says Jon Jones was great when ‘there wasn’t USADA around,’ Jones responds