Jimi Manuwa is sounding off on the UFC light heavyweight division.
Jimi Manuwa went on a bit of a Twitter rant on Thursday, calling out a couple of top-10 light heavyweights for supposedly declining to fight him. The UFC veteran also put the whole division on notice, calling them “p-ssys” [sic] and that they just want to hold onto their respective spots in the rankings.
These lhw’s are pussys
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) December 21, 2017
These pussys are declining fights to hold on to their positions. What’s the point in rankings if your not gonna fight the top guys. #pussys
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) December 21, 2017
Glover declined. Shogun declined.
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) December 21, 2017
Pointing to mush after I bodied him ? 3 of the top 10 have declined to fight!! #pussys… https://t.co/3v6CHxmz0w
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) December 21, 2017
Manuwa (17-3) is coming off a 42-second knockout loss to Volkan Oezdemir, who will be challenging Daniel Cormier for the title next month. He does have two knockout wins over current top-10 fighters, stopping Ovince Saint Preux at UFC 204 before wiping out Corey Anderson at UFC London in March.
As for the two fighters he claims turned him down, Teixeira just fought and defeated Misha Cirkunov at last week’s UFC on FOX 26, whereas Shogun hasn’t competed since his knockout of Gian Villante in March. The former UFC champion was scheduled to rematch Ovince Saint Preux in September, but pulled out due to injury.