Jon Jones is probably the best blended martial artist on the planet, however Demetrious Johnson thinks he’d be horrible backup in a avenue struggle.
Throughout a current look on Johnson’s MightyCast podcast, former UFC mild heavyweight champion Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson bought into a number of hypotheticals with the flyweight nice, one among them being which MMA fighter you’ll need in your facet in a avenue struggle. Understandably, ‘Rampage’ rapidly named the 2 pound-for-pound finest fighters on the earth immediately, undisputed heavyweight champion Jon Jones and light-weight titleholder Islam Makhachev.
“If I’m finna go into this dark alley, you know what I’m saying, and they say you can have one person with you to help you fight, I’m gonna say Jon Jones,” Jackson mentioned. “I’m not gonna say Islam, you know what I’m saying. That’s me, what I think.”
Nonetheless, Johnson was fast to disagree. Significantly in the case of ‘Bones’ whom he instructed would in all probability activate you and be part of the opposite facet in stealing all of your stuff.
“I don’t know, man,” Johnson mentioned. “I think you’re picking the wrong person. I think Jon Jones might rob you and join sides with the other guys.”
In fact, Demetrious Johnson’s remark is a transparent reference to the slew of authorized troubles ‘Bones’ has discovered himself in through the years, essentially the most lately being a scenario the place he allegedly threatened to kill a drug tester who was dispatched to his home to gather a pattern in March 2024.
‘DJ’ Dubs Francis Ngannou, not Jon Jones, the perfect heavyweight in MMA
It’s actually not the primary time ‘Mighty Mouse’ has thrown some shade at Jones. Shortly after seeing ‘Bones’ dispatch Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, Johnson dubbed Francis Ngannou the perfect heavyweight on the earth, noting that ‘The Predator’ brutally KO’d Miocic years earlier than Jones bought there.
“I think, right now, Francis Ngannou is probably the best heavyweight in the world,” Johnson instructed MMA Preventing. “I truly believe that. After seeing what he did to his last opponent [Renan Ferreira], he beat Stipe, [and] knocked him out four years ago.”
