Jon Jones was a party animal at the start stage of his career according to Aljamain Sterling, who attended the same school as him. Well, the former bantamweight champion revealed a rather funny confession about Dana White’s GOAT of UFC. Want to know what? Well, stay tuned as we are back with another bout of Roundup.
Moving on from Jon Jones, we will make a quick stop to the UFC CEO Dana White, who appears to have finally given the timeline of his boxing industry journey. Lastly, we will end our journey with a new warming rivalry between Sean Strickland and the middleweight champion, Dricus Du Plessis. So without any further ado, let us get started.
Aljamain Sterling’s startling confession about Jon Jones
A͏s the young͏est͏ fi͏ghte͏r to ͏ever hold a UF͏C ch͏ampio͏nship belt,͏͏͏ ͏Jo͏n͏ J͏one͏s is ͏one ͏of ͏th͏e mo͏st fea͏red fighters͏ to have ev͏er grac͏e͏d th͏e ͏Oc͏tago͏n.͏ His fig͏h͏ti͏ng ͏re͏sum͏e is fi͏lled͏ wi͏th na͏mes ͏o͏f those ͏who dared t͏o ͏ent͏er͏ ͏the cage with ͏’Bones,’ ͏but t͏hey wer͏e nev͏er͏ the ͏sa͏m͏e after͏ facin͏g ͏the ͏boog͏e͏yma͏͏n͏ o͏f ͏t͏he pr͏om͏oti͏o͏n. Well, despite being one of the best fighters, Jones has a shady way to either celebrate his fights or go into the fights.
What is that, you might ask? Aljamain Sterling in his recent conversation on ‘Mighty Podcast’ revealed that he and Jones went to the same college, “Suspect number one, and I got to see this firsthand: Jon Jones. When we were in college together and he was in the UFC, I was still at Cortland. We went to school at SUNNY Morrisville, and that’s where I first met him.”
He further emphasized that Jon Jones partied hard before his fights which left him questioning his fighting tactics, “I transferred out the next year, but I would see this man a week before his fight—him at the bar at Mooney’s or the Dark Horse—going nuts. In my head, I was very like, “No sex, no drinking, no smoking.” Then I would see him, and I’m just like, “I don’t get it.” And then that weekend, he would just murder a guy on international TV. I was like, “He is doing something right.”
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Well, Jon Jones’ notoriety has been a concern for the promotion as well as for his opponents but despite that, he likes to live his life according to his own accord. Well, now that we know about Jones, let’s have a look at crucial news about Dana White and his boxing endeavor.
Dana White laid his plans for the boxing timeline
The UFC CEO Dana White shocked the world when he announced that he would be venturing into the world of boxing. Upon witnessing Callum Walsh’s match in Ireland, White stated that he has plans for making it big in the boxing world and he will be doing it soon. This is the second time when the UFC CEO has tried to get into the boxing world after he tried the same back in 2017. Regardless, what’s the timeline of the event?
While having a conversation with the reporters at the DWCS, the UFC CEo emphasized that they would start announcing the fights at the start of the upcoming year, “I did my first fight in Ireland and we’ll start announcing stuff here [at the] beginning of 2025.” Down in the conversation, the UFC CEO further asserted that he has several plans for the sport that he would like to implement.
He further added, “I have a plan, I’m going to implement that plan and we’ll see how it works. We’ll see how this thing works. People have been talking about the demise of boxing for 30 years and we’re still here talking about boxing right now… I have always had an idea of how I thought it should be done. I don’t know if that’s possible, but we’re going to find out. I’m coming in guns blazing.”
We might be witnessing a breakthrough in the world of combat sports at the start of the year. Regardless, let us get back to the MMA world as it appears that the old rivalry between Sean Strickland and Dricus Du Plessis is igniting again.
Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis soon?
Dricus Du Plessis successfully defended his middleweight title against Israel Adesanya and his next challenge might be his old opponent Sean Strickland. Well, the UFC CEO himself promised a title shot for the former middleweight champ in one of the conversations with the media, “Listen, Sean Strickland right now is the number one ranked middleweight in the world, and the answer is yes (he will be next to fight for the title)’ so it is just palpable that he will be fighting ‘StillKnocks’ next.
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What is more intriguing is that, despite no further confirmation, Sean Strickland has started calling out the African champion. ‘Tarzan is with Alex Pereira to train alongside the light-heavyweight champion and during one of his recent escapades, the former champion took time out of his busy schedule to call out the middleweight champ on X
Strickland took to his social media handle to write, “@Cesinha_Almeida and @alexpoatanpereira ready for wars….Lets go Dutch man…we’re waiting for him to say when…its time.” Their fight would be a revenge fight for Strickland.
Regardless, what’s your take on the Sean Strickland vs. Dricus Du Plessis rematch? State your thoughts in the comments below.
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