Jon Jones opens door to Francis Ngannou super fight: “Now we can talk”

We judge that you are already a small bored with the "soap opera" betwixt Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall, but the communicative inactive has not been resolved. Not lone is determination nary resolution, but determination has been a caller imaginable plot. Francis Ngannou has besides joined the story. Let's commencement successful order.

It each started with Eric Nicksick doing an interrogation for Home of Fight. Nicksick has been 1 of Francis' trainers for years, and successful the aforementioned interview, this celebrated American MMA trainer revealed that determination is simply a anticipation of Francis' instrumentality to the UFC.

- I cognize that Francis is trying to get a lucifer against Deontay Wilder and if that is thing that is coming, great. But, I person the content that the heavyweight part is successful disarray and if we tin someway return, determination are a batch of options for Francis. Not lone successful the UFC, but anywhere. However, I deliberation Francis tin capable the spread that the UFC has successful the heavyweight part erstwhile it comes to stars. I judge that capable clip has passed present and I would similar to spot Francis and the UFC robust things out, and past Francis' instrumentality to the UFC. - Nicksick began.

Many retrieve however Francis and Dana White did not portion connected bully terms, and often fired "poison arrows" astatine each different done the media and societal networks. However, Nicksick believes that Ngannou does not instrumentality specified things personally and that his absorption is lone connected the concern side.

- This is overmuch much astir concern than ego, astatine slightest connected Francis's part. He wants the accidental to beryllium good paid. Also, helium does not privation to beryllium successful a presumption wherever helium is forbidden from doing boxing matches and things similar that. He near the UFC for this, helium did everything helium wanted and made a batch of wealth and proved that helium tin bash it. But what motivates him now? If we speech astir motivation, past wealth is not the lone factor, but besides competition. The champion contention is successful the UFC - added Nicksick, hinting that a instrumentality to the UFC could besides mean a instrumentality to Francis' motivation.

Dana White

In the continuation of the interview, Nicksick besides called connected Dana White to hide what happened and permission his ego determination extracurricular of this story. The celebrated trainer pointed retired that Ngannou would surely adhd worth to the UFC's heavyweight part and instrumentality connected the relation of the biggest star.

Nicksick's statements rapidly reached Jon Jones, who has been rather progressive connected societal media successful caller days. "Bones" often provokes Aspinall by delaying the declaration for the match, and Nicksick's statements astir Francis' imaginable instrumentality to the UFC came arsenic a astonishment to Jones.

"I perceive Francis Ngannou is inactive interested. Now we tin talk. It's a existent 'super fight'. A clash of champions, not conscionable 'hype'. He held the UFC belt, and I defended excavation for astir 10 years. Two kings who travel from antithetic paths. This is not a lucifer wherever a fable would look a 'barker' who is connected the emergence close present (referring to Aspinall, ed.). This would beryllium a clash of 2 legacies. It's the benignant of combat that adds worth to my story. At slightest from my perspective.", Jones said via X.

Jon Jones aboriginal added different "tweet" successful which helium someway compared Aspinall and Ngannou, but helium besides insulted the full English BJJ scene.

"You clowns deliberation Francis would beryllium an easier hostile due to the fact that of the groundwork. Tom doesn't person immoderate groundwork either. In England, a achromatic loop is similar getting a consolation prize," wrote "Bones".

What's absorbing astir this communicative is that Jones erstwhile avoided Francis Ngannou, overmuch similar he's presently avoiding Aspinall. Jones waited 3 years, supposedly preparing for a modulation to heavyweight, but successful world helium successfully avoided a combat with Ngannou and waited for much favorable conditions to triumph the heavyweight belt. Now that Ngannou is retired of the UFC, Jones says he'd emotion to combat him.