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UFC Middleweight Champion Israel Adesanya and UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones have been beefing for over a year now.
We’re not talking about a friendly rivalry either.
These two men appear to genuinely loathe one another.
However, with the current situation in the world and all sports, including the UFC, basically shut down for the foreseeable future, things on the Adesanya and Jones front have been relatively quiet. Especially since Jones was arrested for DWI and allegedly shooting gun while drunk.
That all changed on Sunday when Adesanya decided to reach out to his nemesis with a short tweet.
Hey pussy you still there… @JonnyBones
— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) April 12, 2020
Adesanya making reference to this infamous Jon Jones moment from UFC 178.
Jones, of course, responded to Adesanya with a photo of Israel after being knocked out in a kickboxing match and another tweet which read, “Isn’t it sad, they’ll come out and predict a man can never come back to be the best because of some troubles. But give no mentions when I donate thousands to the community every other year.”
He later deleted both tweets, but Adesanya was more than happy to screencap one of them for him, adding his own commentary on it.
Did he do a post & delete Dwight?
I been ko’d once and I never made that mistake again.
How many times you been arrested?
How many times you pissed hot?
How many times you had your belt taken off you? (someone answer these)
You never learn you PulsingPictoPussy. pic.twitter.com/qYhEgnWwlm— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) April 13, 2020
Then he threw video of Jones’ arrest from a couple of weeks ago up on Twitter just for good measure.
@JonnyBones
Spell “Tyrobinol” and use it in a sentence. pic.twitter.com/3Hhrl9agTI— Israel Adesanya (@stylebender) April 13, 2020
Jones spent the rest of his Sunday chatting with numerous fans on Twitter, and even addressed the problems he has had with alcohol.
I actually make pretty awesome choices all the time, you should see my interior design skills https://t.co/GmAb45yC1j
— BONY (@JonnyBones) April 13, 2020
Yes, I guess my character gets too drunk when he drinks. I’m not going to allow that to outweigh all the awesome things about myself. Some people only focus on what they want I guess. I focus on my good traits, that’s probably the reason why I thrive every year https://t.co/2z6R8ebz42
— BONY (@JonnyBones) April 13, 2020
Oh I’m very aware, I just got to stop giving such good material haha https://t.co/YOOcpIzPRO
— BONY (@JonnyBones) April 13, 2020
Lol not in the last two weeks https://t.co/8KzCmkJSQO
— BONY (@JonnyBones) April 13, 2020
Man, I can’t wait for sports to get going again.