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Jon Jones goes after Dominick Reyes for comments about him never fighting an athlete

Ahead of his UFC 247 light heavyweight title defense, Jon Jones has kept relatively quiet when it comes to opponent Dominick Reyes. There have been a few minor verbal battles, but nothing close to what his usual opponents face. Following some Reyes comments that he didn’t likethough, Jones took to social media to unleash a salvo of trash talk against his next challenger.

It started when Reyes stated that Jones has never fought an athlete like him. That got Jon hot:

“He’s fought wrestlers he’s fought strikers but never athletes“ -DR

probably the dumbest thing I’ve heard in a while— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) February 3, 2020

Jones then responded to a fan, pointing out the athletic accomplishments of many of his prior opponents, including Daniel Cormier, Ovince Saint Preux, Ryan Bader, and Vitor Belfort among others:

DC competed in the NCAA finals and in the Olympics, OSP played Division I football, Bader the current double Champ of Bellator, Vitor crazy speed and explosive, Lyoto had been striking since age 5, Glover was on a 20 fight win streak but none of those guys are athletes I guess ‍u2642ufe0f https://t.