{"id":298514,"date":"2019-01-17T10:46:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T18:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=298514"},"modified":"2019-01-17T10:46:25","modified_gmt":"2019-01-17T18:46:25","slug":"jon-jones-responds-to-kevin-lees-fight-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-responds-to-kevin-lees-fight-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones responds to Kevin Lee&#8217;s fight challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones recently commented on an Instagram photo from Kevin Lee, criticizing the lightweight contender&#8217;s fashion choices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI swear my daughter has that same jacket,\u201d Jones wrote on one of Lee\u2019s Instagram posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after Jon Jones made his comment, Kevin Lee responded in ballsy style, challenging the light heavyweight champ to a fight \u2014 even though he knows the risk of a loss would be high. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BstfRFLHSAa\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMake no mistake, I\u2019m not afraid of shit. Even if imma take a L, i can\u2019t let disrespect slide without retaliation,&#8221; Lee wrote in response to this comment from Jones. &#8220;We can throw knuckles too, Jon.\u00a0<br \/>Sincerely, Mr. I don\u2019t give a f**k\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, Jon Jones has responded. Speaking on Twitter, he clapped back at Kevin Lee with a comment that oozed sarcasm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yo don\u2019t beat me up bro, I\u2019m sorry. My daughter really does have that jacket though <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoTownPhenom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MoTownPhenom<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BONY (@JonnyBones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonnyBones\/status\/1085967580848738304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Yo don\u2019t beat me up bro, I\u2019m sorry,&#8221; Jones wrote. &#8220;My daughter really does have that jacket though.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Lee last fought in December, when he lost a decision to Al Iaquinta in a fairly significant upset. Prior to loss, Kevin Lee defeated Edson Barboza by stoppage, and lost to Tony Ferguson by submission in an interim lightweight title fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jon Jones, meanwhile, recently returned to action after a lengthy United States Anti-Doping Agency sanction, defeating his rival Alexander Gustafsson by third-round TKO to reclaim the UFC light heavyweight title, which was recently vacated by Daniel Cormier. 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