“Jon Jones doesn’t need to chase anybody, they need to chase him,” says Jones’s Coach about his fight with Adesanya

“Jon Jones doesn’t need to chase anybody, they need to chase him,” says Jones’s Coach about his fight with Adesanya
Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya

Israel Adesanya after defending his title against Paulo Costa at UFC 253 has been engaged in a verbal battle with Jon Jones. Jones vacated his UFC Light heavyweight title earlier this year and he showed the intention that he wants to move to the Heavyweight division.

Although Jones and Adesanya have been engaged in battle with each other for the last two years but this has gone on a personal level in recent days. UFC is even excited to book a fight between these two titans of UFC in 2021. The “Last Style Bender” recently announced that he wants to challenge Jan Blachowicz for his title.

The ‘Polish Powerhouse’ also accepted his challenge and in this way, the Jones-Adesanya fight will only make sense at Heavyweight. Adesanya although admitted that he wants to face Jones after winning the title from Jan but he didn’t admit to moving one weight class further.

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Jones’s Coach Winkeljohn says Jones may surprise Adesanya

Israel Adesanya, Mike Winkeljohn and Jon Jones

Coach Winkeljohn is very confident that Jones will present a challenge to Adesanya like he never faced before. He says, “My first thought is heavyweight, Have Israel come up to heavyweight. Here’s the deal, Jon Jones has always fought a who’s who, and it’s always been this guy, you have to go beat this guy to secure your legacy. And then he beats him.”

“And then it’s, okay, you have to beat this guy to secure your legacy. And then he beats him. Jon doesn’t need to chase anybody, they need to chase him. That’s the way I look at it. That’s why he’s the best.”

“So, probably heavyweight. Jon’s current mindset is to get too heavyweight. That makes sense. Once he puts all that mass on, there’s no reason to come back down. What’s the purpose of that? Go back down to chase Izzy? Absolutely not. Jon’s the man, that’s why he’s the greatest, and people need to chase him, and he’s a leader, he’s the leader of the sport.”

“If in Jon’s mind he says, I’m gonna beat him on the feet, that’s what he’s gonna do, But if Jon says, you know what, I’m gonna go home and just secure the win and show him what MMA is all about, welcome to my world, I’m sure he’ll take him down and bloody him up with elbows.”

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