Jon Jones has made it clear how he feels about Dominick Reyes. The light heavyweight champion trashed his upcoming opponent’s recent comments as “the dumbest thing I’ve heard in a while.”<\/p>\n
On February 8, at the Toyota Center in Houston, Jones will defend his championship belt for the 14th time against the undefeated contender. Reyes is coming off a statement-making KO victory against Chris Weidman in the first-round of their 2019 bout. The undefeated fighter has tallied a professional 12-0 record with 4 first-round finishes since making his UFC debut in 2017.<\/p>\n
Reyes has admitted to having a lot of respect for Jones and has spoken highly of him in the past. However, that all went out the window when rumours started circulating of a potential matchup.<\/p>\n
Reyes is already expecting Jones to play dirty, including illegal eye pokes<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI think that\u2019s what keeps guys at bay, he paws with it and he paws exactly at his range. That\u2019s been a gigantic weapon of his. It sets up the rest of his arsenal. It helps him find his range,\u201d Reyes told\u00a0MMA Fighting.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a blatant rule break. You can\u2019t do it. It\u2019s in the rules,\u201d Reyes concluded. \u201cIt\u2019s been talked about many times. Either you\u2019re going to do it or you\u2019re not going to do it. It\u2019s up to me on fight night to talk to the ref and make him aware.\u201d<\/p>\n Jon Jones has berated his opponent for his comments in the press and online. He has made it clear he doesn’t respect the 30-year old and has continued to mock his athletic performance.\u00a0<\/a>Yesterday, he took aim at Reyes’ intelligence and called out<\/a> his comments for being dumb:<\/p>\n \u201c’He\u2019s fought wrestlers he\u2019s fought strikers but never athletes’ -DR probably the dumbest thing I\u2019ve heard in a while.”<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s fought wrestlers he\u2019s fought strikers but never athletes\u201c -DR <\/p>\n probably the dumbest thing I\u2019ve heard in a while<\/p>\n — BONY (@JonnyBones) February 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n