Bo Nickal slams ‘irresponsible journalism’ for instigating Jon Jones misquote

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Bo Nickal has no beef with Jon Jones.

The bluechip Middleweight prospect and elite collegiate wrestler shared the mats with “Bones” final 12 months for only a couple minutes within the lead as much as UFC 285. There was a light little bit of controversy afterwards, as some followers believed Jones gassed shortly into the wrestling alternate, however that didn’t find yourself affecting his first-round submission win over Ciryl Gane.

The higher a part of two years later, a quote from Nickal concerning the impromptu wrestling match has been circling social media. The only sentence reads, “I didn’t wish to humiliate him [Jon Jones] in entrance of fifty individuals” and was broadly mocked by combat followers.

It additionally doesn’t inform the entire story. Per Nickal, that sentence comes from an exaggerated, joking rant and wasn’t meant to be taken significantly. Although MMA Uncensored wasn’t the one web page to run the quote, Nickal took them to job for the shortage of context and “irresponsible journalism.”

I stated this proper after saying I’ll beat Steph in a 3 level contest, throw a soccer additional than Josh Allen, hit a homer off Ohtani, and beat Cole Hocker within the 1500m.

Straight up irresponsible journalism by @MMAUNCENSORED1 subsequent time get the complete quote. https://t.co/TvqR5KX55r

— Bo Nickal (@NoBickal) December 29, 2024

“I stated this proper after saying I’ll beat Steph in a 3 level contest, throw a soccer additional than Josh Allen, hit a homer off Ohtani, and beat Cole Hocker within the 1500m. Straight up irresponsible journalism by @MMAUNCENSORED1 subsequent time get the complete quote.”

Nickal is at the moment using a four-fight UFC win streak. He didn’t precisely impress in his most up-to-date victory versus Paul Craig again in November, however he stays undefeated transferring into the brand new 12 months.

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