Shortly after Conor McGregor‘s Thursday rampage in Brooklyn, former UFC lightweight Tyson Griffin took to Twitter to compare the Irishman to another troubled former champion in Jon Jones.
https://twitter.com/TysonGriffin/status/981997749267607553
“Well there goes [Conor McGregor] losing his Burger King deal faster than [Jon Jones] lost his Nike deal!! Or did he?? More [money] more problems.”
It did not take Jones long to fire back at Griffin.
@TysonGriffin my dream was to be sponsored by Nike as a high school wrestler, became an adult and made it happen. Even had my own sneaker which sold out within a day.
— BONY (@JonnyBones) April 7, 2018
@TysonGriffin What ever happened with your Nike deal, I don’t remember. I’ll wait…
— BONY (@JonnyBones) April 7, 2018
@TysonGriffin You can tell by the tone of your tweet that you’re happy Connor may be losing his deal. Disguise yourself as an MMA coach or a MMA personality, I just see a bitter bitch who’s the size of my dick
— BONY (@JonnyBones) April 7, 2018
“My dream was to be sponsored by Nike as a high school wrestler,” Jones said in the first of several Tweets to Griffin. “Became an adult and made it happen. Even had my own sneaker which sold out within a day.”
“What ever happened with your Nike deal, I don’t remember,” Jones continued in a second Tweet. “I’ll wait…”
“You can tell by the tone of your tweet that you’re happy Conor may be losing his deal. Disguise yourself as an MMA coach or a MMA personality, I just see a bitter bitch who’s the size of my dick.”
These scathing responses from Jones prompted Griffin to share a series of direct messages the pair allegedly exchanged two years ago. Unsurprisingly, these messages to not portray Jones in a particularly favorable way.
I may have took a jab @TheNotoriousMMA during his rampage but just like that man tried to steal the spotlight @JonnyBones is trying to make this all about him and apparently it’s too soon to joke about his nike deal.
— Tyson Griffin (@TysonGriffin) April 10, 2018
2 years ago I kept this private because I almost felt bad for @JonnyBones but now I’ll just let you all judge for yourselves. pic.twitter.com/s4eZfv8M25
— Tyson Griffin (@TysonGriffin) April 10, 2018
“I may have took a jab [at Conor McGregor] during his rampage, but just like that, man tried to steal the spotlight,” Griffin said in a Tweet. “[Jon Jones] is trying to make this all about him and apparently it’s too soon to joke about his Nike deal.”
“2 years ago, I kept this private because I almost felt bad for [Jon Jones], but now I’ll just let you all judge for yourselves,” Griffin added in a followup Tweet that included his exchanges with Jones.
Keep scrolling for larger images of Griffin and Jones’ conversation.
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This article first appeared on BJPenn.com on 4/10/2018.