Jon Jones: Someone tell Chael Sonnen he knows where I'll be waiting
Posted on December 25, 2011, 10:27 AM by Anton GurevichReigning UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon "Bones" Jones responded to Chael Sonnen's "call-out" during TSN's Off The Record show with Michael Landsberg, tweeting "Someone tell Chael Sonnen he knows where I'll be waiting". Self-proclaimed UFC Middleweight Champion went as far as two steps above his current weight class, issuing a warning to Jon Jones and the newly-crowned UFC Heavyweight Champion Junior "Cigano" dos Santos that he's coming for their titles.
Chael Sonnen declared he would use the "voucher" from his future victory over Mark Munoz at UFC on FOX 2 to book a fight with Jon Jones, JDS or the currently-injured Georges St. Pierre, while the UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson Silva is nothing but yesterday's news:
"I'm going to become the No. 1 contender on January 28th and despite what you may think, I'm not going to use that voucher to fight Anderson Silva. I'll be looking at Jones, Dos Santos and possibly St-Pierre. I will take that voucher to Dana White and pick one of those three guys. My time with Anderson is done."
Chael Sonnen usually walks around 215lbs, cutting 30lbs to get down to the 185lbs limit. According to reports (and rumors), Jon Jones' regular weight is around 230lbs, which means that Uncle Chael will have to add some muscle for a fight with the Top 3 pound-for-pound ranked "Bones".
One way or another, it looks like the match-up should be labeled as "unlikely", since Jon Jones still has a mountain to climb when he faces the winner of the UFC on FOX 2 main event winner between Phil Davis and "Suga" Rashad Evans, or perhaps the former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Dan "Hendo" Henderson.


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thats all it took to become a fan? I expect you to jump off a week from now and call him ****y
Let's keep in mind that Chael isn't really picking a fight with Jones or Dos Santos, accomplished fighters who will most likely crush him; his statements fall in line with other outrageous prononoucements whose only purpose is to draw more attention to himself and remain as such under the spotlight...
I dislike Jones so much. He is so ****y . I hope Rashad will be able to catch him with his fast hands and make him sleep for hours like when he KO'ed Chuck lidell .
I didnt appreciate how he disrespected the dragon last time. I Hope that if they have a rematch Lyoto will win by knock out or TKO ,and carry on punching him hard after the stoppage . or break his arm if its a submission
Jones is talented , but he should be more humble and thankful to God for his given talent. Without them ,he would be a loser. Jones should look at Fedor to see how a Champion must act
I think you meant Hendo 8P
I'm going to have to go with Jones. Simly because Chael's strength is wrestling and I don't think he can outwrestle Jones and if he can, Jones will simply use is 9-inch reach advantage by standing up and it's almost impossible for chael deal with Jones' striking.
Jones has good enough wrestling to keep it standing against Sonnen, risky enough submissions that Sonnen will not enjoy the clinch. Think of what Jones did to Machida and Bader or Maia did to Sonnen. And Jones' standup will completely destroy him. Sonnen has nothing at all to offer Jones in this fight. I think Jones would take an opportunity like this just to make a statement that no one should challenge him to fight.
I for one really really hope it happens, shut Sonnen up once and for all.
Personally I'd like to see Chael get GSP. He'll be a wrestler, he'll be bigger than his opponent, and it just won't matter. Either Jones or St Pierre would choke him out with his own imaginary MW belt.
or use that 9 inch reach advantage to wrap his vines around chaels neck twice, and choke him into submission.......again.
I love how Jones will fight anybody, friend or foe its all just business to him
he wont find anderson because they became "friends" right after he won the belt
It was actually the Spider that announced the sudden friendship as a deterrent, not Bones.
it dont matter who annouced it, the fact is that excuse is the reason they wont fight
Jones makes no excuse. He already said he'd fight Silva. Silva is the only one using it as an 'excuse'.
your not very wise good sir
im sorry jon isnt ba cause he accepting a challenge from a person half his size. It wasnt a actual challenge anyways obv miss interpret what cheal means when he says the statements.
Chael cuts just as much weight as Jon. Quit crying about Jon being too big when Chael has the same size advantage within his own weight class. Also look at Chaels lhw record. Not real impressive.
Wiznone.......................Overeem was a light heavy in his younger years....won a few but certainly got beaten by many...including Lidell and shogun....he was still six foot five back then had the reach and height advantage that Jon Jones has now........so I dont see what your arguement is ! People like you annoy me ......no class.......you cannot call yourself a mma fan when you cannot recognise a fighter ...who you may dislike has true skills......you probably thought every top guy who he has fought so far would fck him up and then I am guessing you came on here all pissed off and bitched about him again and how the next fighter will fck him up !!..............oh and let me guess ......I am a mother fuker bitch as well........very original !1
I'm a jones fan and you just sound like a fool
are you from stockton?
You mad bro?
You should see what he writes when he's not holding back.
I think he's going through a mid-life crisis.
Or, and this is more logical, he's a 12 year old.
yeah, jones is a punk. i doubt this fight will happen but i can't wait till Rashad beats his ass. Rashad's the closest thing to a LHW Chael, when it comes to explosive wrestling.
I'm pretty sure Jon will smash Rashad if they end up fighting
I still prefer the Silva fight for Chael. But he still has to get past Munoz first. Uncle Chael is just stirring up the water around AS again so the champ doesn't forget about him. A little reverse psycology never hurt when administered in small doses.
Same here but I'm beginning to think it's never gonna happen. I'd settle for a scrap with Chael.
Chael called out the lighter fighter in GSP. Jon simply responded.
You call him a b**** and a punk, but youre saying it from behind a computer, just a thought
Lol...ok...THAT was funny haha. I still want to see chael get destroyed by machida.
Ok wizdom shut the **** up. " tell jones to fight people his own size". Its weight classes my stupid friend. Im not a bones fan but who the **** are you to call someone a bitch, you can't do none of the shit he's done bitch so STFU.
In retrospect, do you really think it was wise to name yourself Wizdom.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion--but your opinion seems to be emotion-based only. You are right, Jon Jones has a body type which is advantageous in his weight-class--when coupled with skill--but so what? Do fans complain that a basketball player is successful because he is so tall? Or a linebacker because he is so big?
Any seasoned MMA fan knows that the 'weight-game' makes a lot of difference in MMA. There will always be fighters who manage to be successful against heavier opponents--like Frankie Edgar or BJ Penn--but I would say they are exceptions which prove the rule. Usually the champ in each weight division, is stretching to make weight on weigh in day. HW has such a wide margin, fighters are successful in the 240-250 range of weight, but in other weight classes, biggest is usually better--or believed to be better by the fighters themselves.
While Jones may have some off-putting character traits, none of his faults seem proportionate to the vituperation I read from some haters.
I celebrate the winners in MMA--past, present and future--not because they kissed a baby, or flipped off fans, or seemed friendly and down-to-earth--but because they excelled in the most demanding sport in the world.
I don't have to like a fighter to respect and acknowledge his accomplishments. Jon Jones has accomplshed great things this year against top quality competition--and that is beyond dispute--it is a palpable fact.
I agree that the name fits his "style" in that he mispelled "wisdom." So it works for him.
And I bet ur mom would put up a better fight against jone than u would bitch
Chael picked the fight. Jones just isnt scared of anybody right now so he wont back down.
munoz will have the voucher ...
Wow, the only person Chael hasn't called out is Godzilla- or has he? He lives in the deep off the coast of Japan and I'm not sure if he can get texts or emails when he's under more than 50 meters. It would be a great match, but I don't think he could use his fire breath under current MMA rules. While Chael has great takedowns and ground and pound, I give Godzilla the edge because of his size advantage. Yeah, we walks around at 455 tons, but he uses diuretics to make weight pretty easily. Fingers crossed!
Bones would Kill Chael Sonnen... No one at 205 will beat Bones... If the champ wants competition, he will have to move to Heavyweight in a few years... But yes, Sonnen has The Spider's number..
Yeah, Bones will have to migrate to HW because he's just too dominant a force in the LHW division. People will get bored after he defends his belt 20 times. He's got a long career ahead of him, so why not? He could easily put on 40 pounds over 3 years and still keep his speed.
Well wizdom I train 5 days a week down in Richmond va and I compete to I highly doubt you'd be "padding" whatever record you have. I doubt you even train u useless dumb piece of shit. And knowing u if ur mom is as tough as you make her out to be, you will probably use the bitch to fight for you.
Now there's a real Champion !!
he got challenge and took it right away
instead of making stupid excuses and duck him.
I have to say as a Chael Sonnen fan that Jones would just crush him
and JDS well is out of the question of course for obvious reasons
Chael is doing this to even piss Silva even more
but im sure if he was granted a fight with Jones he will take it !
even if is not his intention to do so in the interview when he said it.
Hey,
I know talking trash is part of the MMA fight-selleing process, but Sonnen calling out JDS isn't trash talking- it's freaking insanity. The UFC would never allow it because Chael being killed on PPV would be the end of MMA, once the media and politicians spun it round and round. John Mccain would finally have what he needed to end what he calls "human **** fighting."
@ Wizdom,
The picture you took of yourself, you know, the one where you are alone, your profile picture... It's not funny as you're obviously having a hard time being you, as you're watching the world disagree with you, you call everyone puppets...
It's the ultimate tragedy, you are alone, disconnected and can't have the connection you so desperately want. If you had the opportunity, yes, you would be a puppet, sad thing is, it seems like you have cut the strings to yourself, it seems like you're disconnected and you need a friend.
I understand, you're angry, never got the help you felt you deserved.... Help others and you're helping yourself. Deep down you know you're not a lone wolf and that's what hurts.
Suggest you reach out and find something more meaningful than expressing your anger on a website.
Good luck
Admin, can't you block spammers' IP addresses?
Im kind of surprised Jones took that talk seriously, we all know Chael was saying that to get to Anderson. I would have left all that alone.