Chael Sonnen gets Jon Jones’ attention with verbal attacks – UFC News
UFC’s mixed martial artist Chael ‘The American Gangster’ Sonnen has once again done it. Sonnen was able to lock in Jones with his verbal attacks, something that has been successful for him in the past with Anderson Silva. Sonnen has a big mouth and he loves
taking the spotlight by commenting on UFC’s fighters.
On UFC Tonight, Sonnen spoke about moving up in weight, from middleweight to light heavyweight. As always, Sonnen did not have sweet words for the light heavyweight champion, instead he lashed out on Jon Jones, UFC light heavyweight champion, calling him
a punk.
“I could go up to 205 and I could take Jon Jones' belt the same as I could take his candy on Halloween -- a little punk kid, I'd snatch it away all I want,” said Sonnen.
“But there's something to be said in sportsmanship for earning your shot. And on the 29th of December, I'm going to go through Forrest to do it,” he added.
Later on, following Jones’ reply to Sonnen’s statements, the American Gangster wrote, “Boarding plane to Oregon now, home of your corporate wage masters. Next time you are in town, knock on my door. Don't drive.”
However, unlike Anderson Silva, Jones played it smart, assuring fans that he is not falling for Sonnen’s game. According to Jones, he will never fight someone out of a verbal spat, instead he would prefer fighting those who make their way up.
“For everyone who thinks I'm 'falling into Chael's game,' I know exactly what I'm doing. Are you not entertained,” said Jones.
Jones assured that he knows what he is doing and that he will never fall for Sonnen’s trap.
It seems like Jon Jones is well aware of Sonnen’s dirty tricks of pulling opponents in verbal clashes to get their attention, something Sonnen did with Anderson Silva. Therefore, the light heavyweight champion believes he is just in the spat to answer Sonnen
and nothing else.
Jones claims that if Sonnen wants to fight him, he should go through the trouble of fighting others and making his way up to finally get a title shot.
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