‘Maybe He Had a Few Too Many Drinks That Night’- Curtis Blaydes Is Puzzled About Jon Jones’ Recent Comments Aimed at Him
UFC heavyweight Curtis Blaydes spoke out on the MMA Hour and expressed his surprise over Jon Jones’ recent comments. ‘Bones’ Jones fired shots at Curtis Blaydes after the number four ranked heavyweight provided an assessment of Jones’ fight against Stipe Miocic.
Jon Jones has always been quick to fire back against his perceived detractors, and Curtis Blaydes simply couldn’t comprehend why Jones was so worked up about the entire prediction. He went on to provide clarity to the situation and also fired his own shot at the former light heavyweight champion.
‘Razor’ Blaydes brought into question Jones’ level of intoxication when he decided to diss Blaydes by saying, “Focus on your fight this weekend Tiny, you’ve been rooting against me for years now,” Jones wrote. “I see you. Hating on me won’t propel you into being a champion. Less hate, more work.”
These comments didn’t sit well with Blaydes who talked about how Jones simply misunderstood where he was truly coming from.
“I don’t think he read everything I said,” Blaydes said on The MMA Hour. “I think he read the first line and was just like, ‘Ah!’ But all I said was I picked Stipe over Jon Jones, because Stipe has five-round title fight experience at heavyweight. With Jon, he does not. Why does that make you angry?
“And I also said, ‘Jon, he hasn’t shown he has one-punch knockout power,’ which isn’t a bad thing. There’s a lot of guys who don’t have one-punch knockout power that have the belt. Khabib, he had the belt. Izzy, does he have one-punch knockout power. There’s a lot of guys that do have one-punch knockout power.” [h/t mmafighting.com]
— BONY (@JonnyBones) May 15, 2022
“I don’t understand why he took such offense to what I said, but I’m over it,” Blaydes said. “I don’t feel like I said anything super disrespectful or super aggressive. Maybe he had a few too many drinks that night. I don’t know.”
Jones vs Blaydes is certainly a fight that could take place in the future, especially when considering where Blaydes is currently ranked. However, Jones would first have to make his comeback official which is yet to occur.
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