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Jon Jones is gearing for his next title defence against the undefeated Dominick Reyes and the build-up to the UFC 247 main event is expected to be a heated affair with a lot of words being exchanged between the two fighters.
While speaking to Submission Radio, Reyes said that he is prepared for what's coming his way and is least bothered by what Jones would have to say. According to the Light Heavyweight title challenger, Jones' trash talk is equivalent to the barbs exchanged between brothers. Reyes called it childish and something that a little kid would engage in.
“His trash talk is brother trash talk. I have brothers, he has brothers. It’s when you have a bunch of brothers and you guys are all around and it’s competition there constantly, it’s little jabs, it’s little shots about their biggest insecurities just to mess with them and get them mad, and then they do something and you’re like, ‘Mum!’. It’s the same thing, he’s like a little kid. It’s the exact same like trash talking. It’s kind of childish.”
He claimed that puerile trash talk has no place in a setup where two professional Mixed Martial Artists will be fighting for the top title of a promotion.
Reyes claimed he wasn't dumb to fall for Jones' verbal assaults and he will go about achieving his task, and that is to knock out the controversial Light Heavyweight Champion.
“I don’t give a f*** what that guy says to me. I don’t care at all what he says to me. Like, bro, you can say whatever you want. Say whatever you want. It’s not gonna help you. It’s not gonna save you. It’s not gonna make me not want to knock you out. It’s not gonna try to make me knock you out more. Like, I’m not dumb. You’re not just gonna [run in] arrghha and then catch [me]. Like, come on man, I thought we were professionals. Let’s go.” H/t Credit: MMAMania
Reyes and Jones will be locked up inside the Octagon in the main event of UFC 247 on February 9th, 2020 at the Toyota Centre in Houston, Texas.
The Devastator promises to pose a stiff challenge to Jones, who would be looking to extend his reign as the king of the Light Heavyweight division.
