Chael Sonnen Says Jon Jones Will Never Achieve What Sugar Ray Leonard Did

Chael Sonnen battled Jon Jones back in 2013 at UFC 159 with the Lightweight title hanging in the balance. The fight only lasted for a single round as Jones successfully defended his title by KO/TKO ground and pound.

Now, after 8 long years, both went to a Twitter battle exchanging mean comments with each other. Chael Sonnen took this matter on his YouTube channel while breaking down the story behind the feud.

‘The Bad Guy’ downplayed ‘Bones’ by saying “Jon Jones, no matter how much longer he keeps fighting this point of his career, he will just simply never achieve what Sugar Ray Leonard did- just as an example And Sugar Ray Leonard isn’t living in a way where he is revered and people are falling out of his way.”

Sonnen went on and said, “So when I see that Jon when this whole book is done and the last punch is thrown, which could already be here. It could already have been thrown things just don’t get better. They move on to the next guy to the next best thing that the way sports work.”

‘Uncle Chael’ compared him with Sugar Ray Leonard, as he wanted to show that Jon Jones isn’t the greatest. He tried to convey that people remember guys like Mohammed Ali because of the contribution they make both in and outside the arena.

Although Jones has proved himself time and time again he has been involved in controversies both inside and outside the octagon.

How did the Twitter war start between Jon Jones and Chael Sonnen?

This all started on social media when the former UFC Lightweight champion shared a message on Twitter. Jones writes “I’m about to give birth to something big, something out of the ordinary.”

The tweet indirectly conveys that Jon Jones is planning something big with his career. ‘Bones’ also posted some pictures on Instagram where he is training in the gym to gain muscles and get bigger. Giving rise to a rumor about ‘Bones’ Heavyweight move to beat the current champion. Chael Sonnen read the tweet and trolled Jones with a tweet of his own.

After seeing the troll, Jones got upset and exchanged some trash talk on Twitter. Both guys went back and forth, hurting each other’s feelings. Until ‘Bones’ finally decided to delete all his tweets from the argument.

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Do you feel Jones is really planning to do something out of ordinary?