Gallery Photos: Best of Anderson Silva view 119 images RIO DE JANEIRO – Anderson Silva is siding with Jon Jones in Jones’ feud against Israel Adesanya . In the lead-up and aftermath of his interim middleweight title victory over Kelvin Gastelum at UFC 236 this past weekend, Adesanya (17-0 MMA, 6-0 UFC) found himself locked in a war of words with Jones (24-1 MMA, 18-1 UFC), who is the current UFC light heavyweight champion. The crux of the issue seems to stem from Adesanya’s victory over Silva (34-9 MMA, 17-5 UFC) at UFC 234 in February and whether Jones called out “Stylebender” afterward or not. It’s evolved into a back-and-forth about a future fight, and after witnessing it all, Silva believes Adesanya was out of line. Related Jon Jones says he's done with Israel Adesanya after showing his 'stripes' Robert Whittaker: Israel Adesanya should be 'very worried' after being 'exploited' at UFC 236 “The way I see it, as an athlete, he disrespected Jon Jones,” Silva told reporters, including MMA Junkie, today in Brazil.
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Anderson Silva: Israel Adesanya ‘crossed the line’ with disrespect of Jon Jones – MMA Junkie