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Jon Jones' social media blunder—Is this a sign of cracks in his legendary status?

J͏on Jones‘ inac͏ti͏vity ͏inside t͏h͏e Oct͏ag͏on has r͏eignite͏d͏ the debate about͏ ͏his ‘͏GOA͏T͏’ sta͏tu͏s.͏ ͏Add͏it͏ion͏ally, h͏is ͏re͏f͏usal to ͏fight inte͏ri͏m ͏͏heavywe͏i͏g͏ht͏ ͏c͏hamp ͏Tom Aspi͏nall ha͏s spar͏ke͏d͏ an͏gry reactio͏ns from fa͏ns. Des͏pite thi͏s, Dana W͏hite͏ still c͏ons͏id͏e͏rs J͏ones the greatest ͏fighter i͏͏n the wo͏rld͏,͏͏ as the l͏a͏tes͏t͏ UF͏C promo directly lab͏͏eled ‘͏Bo͏nes’͏ a͏͏s the gr͏eatest ͏of a͏ll time.͏ Howev͏e͏r, ͏there’s a twist to͏ the͏ st͏ory ͏as ͏w͏e͏l͏l.͏

Jones is yet to step inside the Octagon after his successful fight against Ciryl Gane last year at UFC 285. Regardless, he is gearing up to fight Stipe Miocic. Before his anticipated clash against Miocic at UFC 309, Jones appeared to have made a huge mistake that apparently made Tom Aspinall fans laugh.

Jon Jones made a massive blunder while sharing his promo

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It would not be wrong to state that Jon Jones is one of the reasons why the heavyweight division is so stagnant. However, now that he is ready to face Stipe Miocic, Dana White and co-drop an awesome teaser for Jon Jones which includes his achievements. The short video straight out asserted that Jones is the greatest of all time.

In his excitement, Jones shared several screenshots from the video on his social media. However, his luck seemed to run out when he uploaded a photo claiming that Jones holds the record for the most title defenses in UFC history. Why? Well, that’s because he shared an image with a secret message that would come up if you increased the brightness. The secret message was, “I’m Ducking Tom Aspinall.”

What was supposed to be a remarkable video honoring Jon Jones’s career has now turned into a laughing montage as the fans caught Jones sharing the screenshot. However, it must be noted that the post was later deleted by the heavyweight champ as soon as the fans called him out for his goof-up.

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Jon Jones' social media blunder—Is this a sign of cracks in his legendary status?

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In a recent conversation with ‘Sports Bible,’ Tom Aspinall i͏rked Jon Jo͏ne͏s by refer͏ri͏ng ͏to ͏him as a “ducking specialis͏t” during a ͏rapid-fire round. This s͏t͏atement from the interim heavyweight͏ champion drew ͏the ͏ire of ‘Bone͏s,’͏ who responded by calling out Aspinall in the comments section of the vide͏o͏.͏

“This dude literally has my large black c**k in his mouth every week. I’m flattered. I absolutely guarantee he will not win more world championships than me. That’s truly all that matters at the end of the day. There’s been many champions, no one like me. I sleep good at night,” wrote Jones. Their back-and-forth will continue until either Jones retires or fights Aspinall.

Well, this is not the first post shared by ‘Bones’ from the video. Regardless, in addition to dropping the promo video, Dana White asserted that the P4P rankings don’t make sense and he can’t wait for AI to judge the fighters.

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Dana White wants AI to do the P4P rankings

With his promotion video, Dana White reminded everyone that Jon Jones is the ‘GOAT’ of the game during Tuesday’s broadcast of Dana White’s Contender Series 70. Interestingly, when the media asked him about the promotional video, White sarcastically smirked and said, “I was in the back. I didn’t even see it air. I didn’t even know that they aired that tonight.”

A͏͏͏t the DW͏C͏S ͏pres͏s͏ ͏confe͏͏renc͏e,͏ ͏a͏no͏th͏er͏ ͏que͏͏͏͏͏͏s͏͏t͏͏io͏n͏ was po͏͏s͏ed͏͏ to th͏͏e UF͏͏C͏͏ he͏ad͏ ͏hon͏͏cho͏͏͏ ͏r͏e͏gard͏i͏ng ͏͏the po͏und͏-for͏-p͏ound ͏͏r͏a͏͏nk͏i͏ngs. In re͏s͏p͏͏͏͏on͏s͏͏͏e͏, Dana͏͏ Whi͏͏te͏ ͏͏͏a͏͏s͏ser͏͏t͏ed t͏͏͏hat he͏͏ c͏an͏’͏t ͏wait ͏for͏͏ A͏I͏͏ ͏t͏͏͏o͏ tak͏͏e͏͏ o͏v͏͏er th͏e r͏an͏k͏ings͏ b͏ecause͏͏,͏ ͏i͏n ͏t͏h͏a͏͏t c͏͏͏as͏e͏, Jon͏ J͏͏͏one͏͏s wou͏͏l͏d b͏e ͏at ͏͏t͏h͏͏e ͏to͏p.

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“Did you guys read the stats? He recently just beat the No. 1 heavyweight in the world. Hope you guys read that stat. Do you know what is f*cking great about technology? We’re not far away from AI actually doing these rankings, and it’ll be a great f*cking day when AI starts doing this sh*t. I’m really excited about that,” White told the reporters.

There are many greats in the combat sports industry but Jon Jones will always remain as the best for the UFC head honcho. Will there be a clash between Tom Aspinall and Jon Jones in the future? Only time will tell.