Stipe Miocic has blasted ‘comical’ Jon Jones after the pair went back-and-forth over a rude remark he made during camp.
The heavyweight duo have been generally greater than respectful with each other leading into UFC 309, resulting in a comparatively quiet build-up. They were because of fight last 12 months, however the bout isn’t hitting with the identical intensity as most bouts with two years of promotion.
Nonetheless, it now appears that the pair are starting to fireplace up after a UFC Countdown video shows Miocic call Jones a ‘b****’. This angered the legendary two-weight champion, who hit back in a segment of his own before the pair travelled to Latest York City.
Stipe Miocic branded Jon Jones ‘b****’ in off-handed comment
For the whole thing of the past two years build up, Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic have been respectful, maybe even gushing, over each other’s skills. But that each one modified when the two-time champion made a seemingly innocuous off-hand jab.
There had been almost no needle between the pair, with Jones’ silent feud with Tom Aspinall seemingly attracting more attention because the 12 months progressed. But when Miocic simply told his rival “bring it on b***,” it angered the Latest Yorker.
The feature was otherwise relatively tame, simply detailing their journeys since last 12 months’s bout was cancelled because of a Jones injury. The documentary series is infamously formulaic, and seemingly did little to construct the feud between them.
Jon Jones took issue with Stipe Miocic’s crude insult
Nonetheless, Jones didn’t receive his rival’s jab well in any respect, and it appears to have stirred tensions between the duo. He hit back with a message of his own in today’s episode of the UFC Embedded vlog series, seemingly legitimately angered.
“So I’m watching the Countdown with some friends, teammates and family,” Jones told the cameras. “I assumed it went very well, I assumed we represented ourselves well as gentlemen and vey experienced martial artists.
“Then at the top Stipe says ‘bring it on b****’. F***ing bring it on? I didn’t think that was obligatory, That is the fight game, if he thinks I’m a b*** he has to back that up, that’s numerous pressure. So we’ll see who the b*** is.”
Stipe Miocic blasts ‘comical’ Jon Jones response to back-and-forth
Your entire thing seems to have made Miocic laugh, versus taking an excessive amount of issue. Jones had also goaded him on social media for training with black fighters, which he felt was done to ‘mimic’ him in sparring, and the previous champion didn’t take too kindly to the tweet.
“I keep talking about that,” Miocic replied during UFC 309 media day. “He was literally telling everyone he was going to beat my a**. I’m almost positive. Did he not say that before [the b**** comment was made]? Sorry. Talk s*** about me but whatever.”
As for the racial aspect, Miocic added in a joking message: “That was bulls*** because they’re my teammates. They’re like, ‘We’re not getting paid?’ Apparently, I’m hiring people, too. Whatever.”
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