The UFC light heavyweight champion has been engaged in a war of words with the ferocious knockout artist over the past week after they began a back-and-forth conversation about a potential fight between them.
Jones has talked about moving to heavyweight for several years but he’s never actually pulled the trigger. Meanwhile, Ngannou is stuck in a holding pattern as the clear cut No. 1 contender in the heavyweight division waiting on the resolution of a proposed trilogy between Stipe Miocic and Daniel Cormier that is supposed to happen later this year.
On Tuesday, Ngannou ratcheted up the online banter by turning one of Jones’ most infamous phrases against him when he tagged the 205-pound champion while asking “Hello, Jonny are you still there?