Ben Askren has put Jon Jones on blast, saying he had his chance to fight Francis Ngannou when they were both in the UFC. During Ngannou’s UFC heavyweight championship reign, former light heavyweight champ Jones stepped away from the sport to put on size for his his move up a division. That took three years and once Jones was ready to return, Ngannou was already in the middle of a contract dispute with the UFC, which led to him vacating his belt to explore free agency and ultimately sign with PFL this week. Jones submitted Ciryl Gane to claim the vacant heavyweight title in March and has questioned how Ngannou can call himself the “baddest man on the planet” if he doesn’t fight him. Thing is, Jones had plenty of time to prove Ngannou wrong before
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