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Archives: McGregor Sends Jon Jones Gift After UFC 232 Win (2019)

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HEADLINE: Archives: McGregor Sends Jon Jones Gift After UFC 232 Win (2019)

Author: Jon Fuentes

Jon Jones is back. “Bones” made dominant work of Alexander Gustafsson this past weekend (Sat. December 29, 2018) at UFC 232. The two main evented the pay-per-view (PPV) with their rematch from their legendary 2013 title fight. While their first fight went all five rounds, Jones finished Gustafsson in the third round via TKO in their rematch. Now, he’s once again the 205-pound champion of the world.

It looks like former “Champ Champ” Conor McGregor has offered Jones a congratulatory gift. Per Yahoo Sports’ Kevin Iole, “The Notorious” has sent Jones and his team a few bottles of Proper 12 Whiskey to celebrate the occasion:

“Ran into @jonnybones in the hotel lobby and he said @TheNotoriousMMA sent him and his team a bunch of Proper 12 whiskey!”

This certainly might not be the best gift to offer Jones at the moment. Jones has had some issues with drugs and alcohol in the past, which have greatly affected his career inside the cage. McGregor received a lot of criticism for this on Twitter. He even responded to one fan, who called the Irishman a ban influence.

McGregor responded by saying, “I prefer the term “influential”. But McGregor soon made the decision to delete the Tweet:

What do you think about McGregor sending Jones bottles of Proper 12 after his UFC 232 win?

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Felicia Spencer Is Here To Spoil Plans For Nunes vs. Cyborg Rematch

Felicia Spencer believes Cris Cyborg should be focused on the task at hand. Cyborg will look to rebound from her first UFC loss when she meets rising star Spencer in the co-main event of this weekend’s (Sat., July 27, 2019) UFC 240 from Rogers Pl…

Felicia Spencer believes Cris Cyborg should be focused on the task at hand. Cyborg will look to rebound from her first UFC loss when she meets rising star Spencer in the co-main event of this weekend’s (Sat., July 27, 2019) UFC 240 from Rogers Place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The former women’s featherweight champion was […]

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Cyborg: There’s ‘Nothing Personal’ Between UFC & I

Former UFC women’s featherweight champion Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Justino is in a bit of a strange spot. Long respected as the most dangerous female fighter in MMA, Justino was shockingly knocked out by new double champion Amanda Nunes at …

Former UFC women’s featherweight champion Cristiane ‘Cyborg’ Justino is in a bit of a strange spot. Long respected as the most dangerous female fighter in MMA, Justino was shockingly knocked out by new double champion Amanda Nunes at 2018’s UFC 232. She hoped to get an immediate rematch with ‘The Lioness’ because of her storied […]

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Jon Jones Wishes He Was More Nervous Heading Into UFC 239

Jon Jones wishes he wasn’t too comfortable heading into his latest fight. The legendary-yet-troubled light heavyweight champion will meet knockout artist Thiago Santos in the main event of this weekend’s (Sat., July 6, 2019) UFC 239 from La…

Jon Jones wishes he wasn’t too comfortable heading into his latest fight. The legendary-yet-troubled light heavyweight champion will meet knockout artist Thiago Santos in the main event of this weekend’s (Sat., July 6, 2019) UFC 239 from Las Vegas. True, “Marreta” is one of the most fearsome power punchers in the UFC right now. But […]

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Alexander Gustafsson Claims In-Fight Injury Hindered Performance Against Jon Jones

Alexander Gustafsson wasn’t 100 percent for his rematch with Jon Jones in December. Speaking to Luke Thomas on “The MMA Hour,” Gustafsson explained that Jones’ inadvertent knee to the groin early in the bout hindered his performance for the remainder of the bout (via MMA Fighting): “I just didn’t perform like I used to,” Gustafsson […]

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Alexander Gustafsson wasn’t 100 percent for his rematch with Jon Jones in December.

Speaking to Luke Thomas on “The MMA Hour,” Gustafsson explained that Jones’ inadvertent knee to the groin early in the bout hindered his performance for the remainder of the bout (via MMA Fighting):

“I just didn’t perform like I used to,” Gustafsson said. “I didn’t have the footwork going. And I have no excuses, it’s not that. It’s just like, after when he got me with that knee, I couldn’t really find the rhythm again. I just, I couldn’t move like I did before. I just had a lot of pain after that, and I’ve never had that type of pain in my career before in a fight.

“Of course, you have pain, you get shots from everywhere and you get back, you just keep pushing. But he just stopped me right there, and I tried to move, work it with my footwork, try to kick him or attack, be explosive. But none of that worked. I just couldn’t with my groin. So that’s basically it, and he took me down. Nobody can hold me down. Nobody can hold me down.

“Not DC, not Jon. Nobody. When he took me down there and when he finished me, I couldn’t move because of my groin. He just passed, he just went to half guard and just went up and did the crucifix stuff on me — and nobody does that to me. I wasn’t 100 percent. I just felt that I had so much pain in my groin that I couldn’t really get back into my rhythm again.

“And with that said, I don’t use this as an excuse or anything like that. He did what he had to do to beat me, and Jon is the best guy out there, so I don’t feel like I’m thinking about that loss nowadays. It is what it is and I just move forward now.”

Jones went on to finish “The Mauler” in the third round via TKO on the ground. It was his first defeat since 2015. Prior to that, Gustafsson dropped fights to Jan Blachowicz and Glover Teixeira. Now, he’ll regroup in front of his native Swedish crowd next week (Sat. June 1, 2019).

He’ll main event UFC Stockholm opposite Anthony “Lionheart” Smith from the Ericsson Globe.

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Cat Zingano Loses Appeal of UFC 232 Loss to Megan Anderson

More bad news has been handed down to “Alpha” Cat Zingano, as the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has upheld Megan Anderson’s victory over her from UFC 232 last December. Cat Zingano appealed the TKO loss due to Megan Anderson’s toe going d…

More bad news has been handed down to “Alpha” Cat Zingano, as the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) has upheld Megan Anderson’s victory over her from UFC 232 last December. Cat Zingano appealed the TKO loss due to Megan Anderson’s toe going directly into her eye, a freak accident that Zingano equated to an eye […]

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