Jon Jones is at it again with his tweet and delete tendencies.
Early this year, Dana White confirmed that Jon Jones will fight the winner of UFC 260’s heavyweight title headliner between Stipe Miocic and Francis Ngannou. Now that the dust has cleared with “The Predator” as the new champion, the UFC president is doubtful that “Bones” will step up to the plate.
“If I’m Jon Jones and I’m home watching this fight, I’d start moving to ’85,” White said during the UFC 260 post-fight presser.
#UFC president @DanaWhite responds to @JonnyBones‘ recent tweets following @Francis_Ngannou‘s KO win at #UFC260:
“We can make that fight tonight, Jon.”
Watch full video: https://t.co/zRXsTxyVeA pic.twitter.com/WYdjDLBhiX
— MMAFighting.com (@MMAFighting) March 28, 2021
“I could sit here all day and tell you what ‘show me the money means.’ I tell you guys this all time, you can say you want to fight somebody, but do you really want to?
“I promise you, we can all Derrick Lewis and one of these other heavyweights, and they want the fight. If Jon Jones wants the fight, Jon Jones knows he can get the fight. All he’s got to do is call and do it.”
Jones saw how everything went down on Saturday night. As the next lined up challenger, he seemed welcoming towards the idea at first. Then he changes his tune.
Here are his first few tweets, which have already been deleted.
Tweeted and deleted, Part 2 #UFC260 https://t.co/rtpcJMNIiv pic.twitter.com/bS6BcyLeri
— Simon Samano (@SJSamano) March 28, 2021
The succession of tweets that followed showed Jones denying any insinuations that he’s scared to challenge the newly-minted champion. According to him, money is the real issue.
and the tweet and delete happens again. pic.twitter.com/WRFvCTkzHC
— Stimi Hendrix (@VicMRodriguez) March 28, 2021
Show me the money
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 28, 2021
If anyone is wondering if I really want to fight, the answer is yes. I also really want to get paid.
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 28, 2021
I quit the light heavyweight division, literally gained a massive amount of weight. And now people are saying I’m afraid? Everyone but me claiming that I’m afraid. All I asked was to get paid.
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 28, 2021
why does a fighter have to be afraid the second he mentions he wants to get paid his worth. What an insult.
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 28, 2021
why does a fighter have to be afraid the second he mentions he wants to get paid his worth. What an insult.
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 28, 2021
Conor McGregor wants big money, it’s expected. Jon Jones wants money, now he’s scare.
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 28, 2021
I’ve been working my butt off, gained all this weight. Have never lost a fight before. Now all of a sudden I am scared. What bullshit
— BONY (@JonnyBones) March 28, 2021
And here’s another one he ended up deleting.
Money demands were the supposed reason for Jones’ publicized beef with Dana White in May 2020. White claimed that Jones wanted “Deontay Wilder money” in the form of $30 million to fight Francis Ngannou. Jones then called White a “f—ng liar” and asked to be released from his UFC contract.
From tenured champions to contenders, White has regularly dismissed those who try to negotiate for better pay as just fighters who “don’t want to fight.”