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UFC 247 in Tweets: Pros react to Jon Jones’ controversial decision win over Dominick Reyes

Jon Jones defended his UFC light heavyweight title at UFC 247, but a lot of people felt there should be a new champion.

Jones dug deep to notch his 14th title defense with a unanimous decision over Dominick Reyes in the headliner of Saturday’s pay-per-view event at Toyota Center. Immediately after the win, the Twittersphere exploded with fighter weighing in on the controversial decision.

Here’s how the pros reacted at UFC 247.

Not robbery. Close fight, could have gone either way. 3-1 or 2-2 going into 5th. I thought 3-2 Reyes but the fight was so close it could have gone either way.