{"id":332003,"date":"2019-11-13T20:41:27","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T04:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=332003"},"modified":"2019-11-13T20:41:27","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T04:41:27","slug":"jon-jones-cant-wait-to-slap-israel-adesanya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-cant-wait-to-slap-israel-adesanya\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones can&#8217;t wait to \u201dslap\u201d Israel Adesanya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Jones has taken another shot at middleweight title holder Israel Adesanya.<\/p>\n<p>The two UFC champions <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-decides-to-formally-release-dc-in-favor-of-israel-adesanya\/\">have been going at each other for weeks now<\/a> in interviews and on social media. Both have said a fight will happen but \u201cBones\u201d wants it sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, Adesanya has <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/israel-adesanyas-plan-is-to-clean-out-middleweight-then-fight-jon-jones-in-2021\/\">said the matchup won\u2019t take place until 2021, this <\/a>once he defends his belt a few times. That apparently is too long for Jon Jones but he is eagerly anticipating being able to slap the middleweight champ. He also took another dig at Adesanya for liking anime.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/espnmma\/status\/1194758023421538304?s=21<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan I can\u2019t wait to \u201ceventually\u201d slap this dude, 30 years old claiming to draw energy his favorite cartoon. 2021 please hurry up and get here,\u201d Jones wrote in an Instagram comment.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Jones has not fought since July of this year when he defeated Thiago Santos by split-decision. Before that, he edged out another decision victory\u00a0over Anthony Smith to defend his belt for the first time since reclaiming it at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/event\/ufc-232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UFC 232<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Israel Adesanya, meanwhile, is coming off of a TKO win over Robert Whittaker to become the middleweight champion. Before that, he beat Kelvin Gastelum by decision to become the interim middleweight champ. \u201cThe Last Stylebender\u201d is undefeated as a pro and becoming one of the biggest stars in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>If a fight between Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya happens, it would be massive. The two are massive draws, despite <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/israel-adesanya-on-jon-jones-no-one-really-cares-about-his-fights\/\">The Last Stylebender saying no one cares about Jones\u2019 fights<\/a>. Yet, fans will have to wait until 2021 for this scrap to happen if it ever does. And, it will take place in Las Vegas at the new Raiders stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Would you want to see a fight between Jon Jones and Israel Adesanya? If so, who do you think would win the fight? Sound off in the comment section, PENN Nation!<\/p>\n<p><i>This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>BJPENN.COM<\/i><\/span><\/a><i>\u00a0on 11\/13\/2019.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jon Jones has taken another shot at middleweight title holder Israel Adesanya. The two UFC champions have been going at each other for weeks now in interviews and on social media. Both have said a fight will happen but \u201cBones\u201d wants it sooner rather than later. Yet, Adesanya has said the matchup won\u2019t take place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54463,"featured_media":296656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[39449,10091,39610],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v19.14) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jon Jones can&#039;t wait to \u201dslap\u201d Israel Adesanya | BJPenn.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Jon Jones has taken another shot at Israel Adesanya, and this time it is for his love for anime which resulted in Jones wanting to slap Izzy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/jon-jones-cant-wait-to-slap-israel-adesanya\/\" 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