Twitter Reacts To Jon Jones Walking Through Anthony Smith After Illegal Knee | UFC Betting Sites

Last night’s (Sat. March 2, 2019) UFC 235 pay-per-view (PPV) main event didn’t end without a little bit of controversy.

UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones successfully defended his title for the first time since 2015. He walked through Anthony “Lionheart” Smith with relative ease. However, in the fourth round, Jones hit Smith with an illegal knee that could’ve gotten him disqualified, and resulted in the second defeat of his career by the same method.

Smith could’ve taken the victory, and the title, but opted not to. He wanted to win the title legitimately instead of “stealing” it. Jones was deducted two points from the scorecards, but still went on to win via unanimous decision. Check out how the mixed martial arts (MMA) community reacted to Jones’ victory and the illegal knee on Twitter:

People should have a lot of respect for Anthony Smith. “I didn’t want to win by dq. I want to win the belt but not steal the belt”

— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) March 3, 2019

GOAT!!! Huge congrats @JonnyBones What a masterclass that was #ufc235

— Alistair Overeem (@Alistairovereem) March 3, 2019

This is so confusing. Nevada uses old rules but new scoring? So hard to keep track of. And they can take 2 points? Either way it should be 3 for bones and then an even rd in 4 #ufc235

— Sarah Kaufman (@mmasarah) March 3, 2019

@lionheartasmith corner is too much Disney movie and not enough actual coaching imo #UFC235

— Katlyn Chookagian (@blondefighter) March 3, 2019

Am I crazy or should Smith have just taken the W right there?

— Ariel Helwani (@arielhelwani) March 3, 2019

Congratulations champ! @JonnyBones But I think that our fight will be more exciting @ufc @UFCBrasil @Alexdavismma @canalCombate

— Thiago Marreta (@TMarretaMMA) March 3, 2019

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