Jon Jones has made it very clear he’s not here to be a passenger on the Israel Adesanya ride, and he won’t bend over backward to accommodate a superfight between them. A matchup between Jones (25-1 MMA, 20-1 UFC), a former UFC light heavyweight champion, and reigning UFC middleweight champion Adesanya (20-0 MMA, 9-0 UFC) has felt inevitable for more than a year. The two have gotten into countless Twitter wars and exchanged many words in interviews. Things have been deeply personal, but Adesanya has remained consistent in his stance that the matchup will happen July 2021 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and be the “biggest fight in UFC history.” The bout felt like it’s inching closer to reality when UFC president Dana White announced plans to have Adesanya move up to 205 pounds to challenge Jan Blachowicz, who now holds the title Jones vacated in the summer.
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Jon Jones: Israel Adesanya superfight ‘does nothing for me,’ focus is on Stipe Miocic – MMA Junkie