Jon Jones: No, it wasn't the money – UFC News
Yesterday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship revealed probably its biggest news of fall, which was the former two time middleweight title contender Chael Sonnen will face the current light heavyweight champion Jon Jones next year. The news was a bomb, since
most fans of Jones were hoping for the champion to stick to his words. Jones had claimed earlier that he would never fight Sonnen until the American Gangster comes through the right channel.
Now, it seems like Jones has breached his own rules to get this fight done. Unfortunately, Jones, who is already in the radar of criticism, has once again lost the trust and faith of his fans. Most fans are already anticipating that Jones accepted the fight
for the heavy check that came along. But, the light-heavyweight champion disregards this fact, saying it was never about the money and he just wanted to get over with the chapter once and for all.
“No, it wasn't the money. It really just had to do with getting over this chapter of my career,” said Jones. “I'm trying to move forward and do a lot of amazing things. The UFC 151 cancellation, it was a tough moment for my career and I think beating Chael
Sonnen and then after that beating Dan Henderson would help me add closure to that whole situation. It's just putting closure to the Chael Sonnen invasion of my career and the whole 151 situation.”
It is unfortunate to learn that Jones backed off his words to get this match done. If this was meant to happen, then why did the light heavyweight champion declined fighting Sonnen for UFC 151 in the first place? If Jones had accepted the offer back then,
the card would not have been cancelled.
For now, it seems like Sonnen has once again won. He got what he wanted like before. He does not hold a very bright UFC portfolio, not brighter than other contenders. However, he surely knows how to lure his opponents to fights through his trash-talking.
This time, the challenge is tough for Sonnen too. He needs to prove trash-talking is not his only expertise!
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