Israel Adesanya Not Impressed by Jon Jones’ UFC 239 Performance

Israel Adesanya and Jon Jones have had a feud going for quite some time now. “The Last Stylebender” said he would fight “Bones” soon and would beat him. That obviously caught the attention of the light heavyweight champ who has trash talked Adesanya numerous times since.

After watching Jones fight at UFC 239, the interim middleweight champion was not impressed.

“When you see someone fight live, something happens with the filter of the TV. Either makes me shorter or whatever. But when you see someone fight live, they look faster or they look slower. And homeboy, that’s just not it,” he said on Ariel Helwani’s MMA Show. “He didn’t have it. Yeah my first time ever seeing him in real life. That’s not it. He was fighting a former welterweight and his last fight was against a former middleweight. Again, meh. And he keeps having the same excuses. Meh, meh.”

Adesanya believes age is a factor in what he perceives as Jones’ declining performance.

“There’s nothing to write home about. Jon Jones, one thing is he’s been in this game a long time. He’s been in the UFC a long time,” Adesanya added. “He’s getting old. I’m fresh, I’ve only been here just over a year. I’m the new kid, the new dog in the yard. I’m a sophomore, freshman. He’s the senior and that’s why he’s a little bit jealous.”