UFC: Jones Jones has ‘no place to hide’, taunts Jan Blachowicz, after failing to land Francis Ngannou
- Blachowicz mocks UFC light heavyweight champ for ‘trying to hide in jail’ and then go up a weight class to fight Ngannou
- ‘You are really doing everything you can to avoid your destiny,’ Blachowicz says
Jan Blachowicz got creative in his latest attempt to goad Jon Jones into a fight.
The Polish light heavyweight contender posted a mocked-up meme referencing Jack Nicholson’s famous “Here’s Johnny!” moment from The Shining.
“Here’s Jan,” he wrote in a tweet, alongside a picture of himself imitating the famous axe scene from Stanley Kubrick’s legendary film.
“First you try to hide in jail, then you want to change a weight class,” Blachowicz added. “You are really doing everything you can to avoid your destiny but there is no place to hide Jonny.”
Blachowicz is in the conversation to challenge for Jones’ light heavyweight title next, after a spectacular knockout of Corey Anderson earlier this year.
Dominick Reyes and Thiago Santos also have cases for rematches, after pushing “Bones” close in controversial decision losses many thought they should have won.
Jones has also been trying to negotiate a big-money fight against heavyweight contender Francis Ngannou, but talks with the UFC seemed to be unproductive.
“I’ve had some time to think about it and I’m a lot less emotional,” Jones tweeted, after venting his frustrations about the negotiations on social media.
“Just sad that the UFC doesn’t see my value against the scariest HW in the world. Jan I guess you’re next in line #badbusiness #shocked”
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