Former UFC Champion, Henry Cejudo has beckoned on Israel Adesanya to steer clear of legendary fighter Jon Jones telling him that h would be killed if he dares a bout but a faceoff between the two seems unlikely with Jones preparing for a heavyweight debut.
Cejudo didn’t stop only at that but condemned Adesanya’s vile and disrespectful comments towards Jones’s mother explaining that it crossed a moral line.
With many claiming that Adesanya is one of the only fighters on the UFC’s roster who can challenge the legendary Jones, a bout between the two has been speculated in recent years but never materialized.
However, Cejudo thinks that the ‘Last Stylebender’ would lose if he was to face a 35-year-old Jones and insists he’s ‘not a fan’ of the Kiwi after disrespectful comments were made about Jones’ mother.
On his YouTube channel, Cejudo said: ‘Jones would kill Israel. If you were to let Jones like literally kill him, Jones would kill him. That’s how much he doesn’t like him. It’s understood though too.
“The reason why I kind of started not becoming a fan of Israel is just because of the simple fact that he talked about his [Jon Jones’] mom who is deceased. For me that was like a deal breaker.”
“That’s the stuff that really threw me off with Israel, that’s really not cool man. There is somewhat limits to this stuff and you don’t do that.”
Cejudo makes reference to a Twitter spat between the two from October 2020, in which Adesanya asserted that Jones’ mother would be ‘disappointed’ in him.
Cejudo makes reference to a Twitter spat between the two from October 2020, in which Adesanya asserted that Jones’ mother would be ‘disappointed’ in him.
Adesanya had written: “My pops already told me how I’d beat you. Trust me he knows. Your mom would be disappointed in who you’ve become.”
Jones’s mother Camille died in 2017 after a long battle with diabetes and he responded by assuring Adesanya that she would be proud of him.
