Jon Jones and planned opponent Anthony Johnson played a brutal joke on UFC CEO Dana White.
Jon Jones was in the center of some of the most heated rivalry in the UFC history. Jones' fight with people like Daniel Cormier, Alexander Gustafsson and Rashad Evans are legendary in UFC History Books.
Jones is considered by many to be the largest UFC light heavyweight of all time, and many consider him the greatest of all time hunter in general. He ran through a whole series of legends, including Lyoto Machida and Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, reigns during his several light heavyweight title.
But one of the fights of Jones who never flourished resulted in a hilarious pre-fight press conference.
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Jon Jones and Anthony Johnson played a ruthless joke on Dana White
Jones and UFC Knock outpartist Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson were planned to fight at UFC 187 in May 2015. It was Jones' return to the Octagon after beating Cormier in their first fight on UFC 182 by unanimous decision.
Jones, Johnson and various other top-ups at a UFC press conference on the occasion of the 'Welcome to the Show' campaign of the promotion in Los Angeles. After the stock exchanges of the cordial press conference on the microphone between Jones and Johnson, it briefly took a wild turn when they were on stage.
The heads of Jones and Johnson clashed when they came face to face, before Johnson Jones pushed him when UFC CEO Dana White intervened. In what was originally considered a different faceoff party with Jones, it appears that Jones and Johnson worked together to play a brutal joke on the UFC headman.
While Jones Wit assured that it was all a joke, Wit was ashamed to be visible after the heated faceoff was all a list. Jones and Johnson went one step further when they spotted the infamous ceremonial weighting face-off from Cormier with Jones for UFC 182.
Unfortunately, the comic moment between Jones and Johnson did not lead to the fight that flourished. Jones was stripped of the UFC-light heavyweight title and only a few weeks later suspended for an indefinite period after he was involved in a hit-and-run accident in New Mexico.
Cormier filled in for the suspended Jones on UFC 187 and won the then vacant UFC Light Heavyweight Championship over Johnson by submission on the third round. Jones only returned to the Octagon to UFC 197, when he defeated Ovince Saint-Preux for the interim-PUC-Light heavyweight belt.
Johnson died tragically in 2022 because of the failure of organ as a result of his struggle with the lymphoma of non-Hodgkin. He gained a record of 23-6 in his professional MMA career.
Jon Jones seemed to reverse the UFC pension in the recent announcement of the Bombshell
Jones recently announced his MMA pension after months of back and forth contract discussions with the UFC Brass to fight Tom Aspinall. Aspinall has recently been promoted from interim title holder to undisputed heavyweight champion and is expected to return towards the end of the year.
But Jones has since returned about his earlier pension announcement and has reintroduced the UFC drug test pool. This led to speculation that Jones could return to the Octagon against Aspinall or another top heavyweight in 2026.
Although the abrupt end of Jones at his UFC career has rubbed many fans and analysts in the wrong way, his greatness cannot be denied in the octhoek. We can leave Jones who treat fans to another legendary moment in the UFC history.
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