Israel Adesanya would have surpassed Jon Jones in the race for the best fighter according to Chael Sonnen. He explains his vision.
Israel Adesanya and Jon Jones have had frequent altercations on social media in the past and the relationship between the two men was known to be strained. But lately, it looks like they’ve buried the hatchet, as this video proves. Plus, ‘The Last Stylebender’ also said last week that he might possibly train with Jones, which surprised everyone a bit.
And this relationship between the two fighters made Challen Sonnen react, who, in the show The MMA Hour, developed the subject at length:
“Jon Jones and Izzy have a weird relationship that comes and goes. They are not going to fight. They are not separated by one weight class, but by two. Well, that’s wrong – there’s always a fight going on. They both want to claim that they are the best and they make a lot of people say it. This is how the question will be settled in the course of the story. It will be decided by the people in popular opinion. »
“For me, Izzy beats it. What Izzy did at UFC 290 and the attention he can get, the hype he can get, the checks he gets, the money and the dollars he brings in – he’s coming to take Conor McGregor’s place, I’m telling you now, and he’s long since put Jon Jones in the dust. Jon Jones never played this game. Ten years from now, when we look back and try to tell the story, we won’t say Jon Jones. We will say Adesanya“.
