Despite the fact that Alexander Gustafsson gave him his greatest challenge in his storied career, UFC light heavyweight champ Jon Jones offered The Mauler little respect following his devastating upset loss at UFC on Fox 14 on Saturday.
Just minutes after watching top-ranked light heavyweight Gustafsson get TKO’d in brutal fashion by third-ranked Anthony Johnson in the night’s main event, Jones tweeted, “Not impressed Alex.” Jones quickly deleted the tweet from his Twitter handle, but before he could, MMAFighting.com’s David St. Martin retweeted the remark.
RT @JonnyBones: Not impressed Alex
— David St. Martin (@SaintMMA) January 25, 2015
When asked by a fan why he deleted the tweet, the UFC’s pound-for-pound kingpin explained his course of action.
It’s exactly what he did to me after my DC fight “@Mike_Liftss: @JonnyBones why’d you delete that tweet about Gustafson last night, champ?”
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) January 26, 2015
Jones’ justification of his tweet stemmed from the following Facebook post that Gustafsson made following Bones’ unanimous-decision win over second-ranked Daniel Cormier at UFC 182 on Jan. 3.
Roughly two hours after explaining his insensitive tweet to Gustafsson, Jones gave his opinion on how he’d rank the top five fighters in the UFC’s light heavyweight division.
Myself 1.AJ 2.Evans 3.DC 4.Gus
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) January 26, 2015
Gustafsson became the first and only man to truly threaten Jones’ light-heavyweight throne when he gave the Jackson’s MMA stalwart a tooth-and-nail battle at UFC 165 in September 2013. Jones swept the scorecards against Gustafsson for a controversial unanimous decision in what many media outlets deemed the “Fight of the Year.”
Since UFC 165, Jones has gone 2-0 with a pair of convincing unanimous-decision wins. Gustafsson, on the other hand, TKO’d the previously unbeaten Jimi Manuwa at UFC Fight Night 37 before falling to Johnson on Saturday.
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