Thanks to the power of social media, fighters have been able to get their side of the story out rather quickly.
Case in point, Anthony “Rumble” Johnson recently took to Instagram with a series of video messages to explain why he isn’t facing Jon Jones later this month for the interim UFC light heavyweight title at UFC 197. Instead, the main event role will go to Ovince Saint Preux.
Johnson confirmed that he recently underwent surgery on his mouth, as he had to have “four screws put into my jaw.”
Jones has questioned why Johnson wouldn’t fight him, but the contender isn’t sure if “Bones” was told the truth or not.
“I never said ‘OK’ to the fight,” Johnson stated. “I never said ‘Yeah.’ I just want to let you guys know what the deal was and hopefully we get to the bottom of it because something’s not right.
“Him being told that I accepted the fight and I never said it. I heard something totally different as far as coming from his camp. I heard other things. It is what it is.”