Chuck Liddell Gets Asked About Jon Jones, His Response Is Classic

Former UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon Jones returns to face his old rival Daniel Cormier on April 23rd, in a strikingly similar scenario to their UFC 182 pairing. The glaring difference here is for the first time in five years, ‘Bones’ is competing as the challenger in a title bout. ‘DC’ won the vacant strap when Jones went all Thelma & Louise mid-2015, submitting Anthony Johnson in a thrilling bout at UFC 187. Now, with the Greg Jackson trained Jones reinstated, the feud between the two has jumped right back in to life.

Some interesting back-and-forth over social media, the ‘unstoppable’ presser and heated confrontations were to be expected, but still provided some highly entertaining moments. Remember just weeks ago this video did the rounds, instantly heightening interest in the pair’s venomous and bitter opposition:

At times it seems that Jon Jones just can’t help himself, but there’s also the opinion that his character is just that well portrayed, and it’s hard to separate theatrics from reality. In the timeline of the UFC light-heavyweight division, Jones is most certainly the dominant force, although he’s a far cry from someone like Chuck Liddell, at least in terms of style. ‘The Iceman’ had a fan pleasing habit of knocking fools out on a regular basis, and exited the sport with a huge following of loyal supporters.

Fights with Tito Ortiz, Randy Couture, Babalu, Kevin Randleman, Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson, Wanderlei Silva and many more made Liddell an obvious hall of fame candidate. Where does his story connects with Jones? Well, the comparison between the two has been made on a regular basis, and ‘The Iceman’ was recently posed an interesting question on how he thought a fight between them would go down. It sparked an instant reaction from ‘Bones,’ and now Bas Rutten has even chimed in on the subject.

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Chuck Liddell and Jon Jones share some social media beef over the past month, and so Bas Rutten and Mauro Ranallo quiz ‘The Iceman’ on what’s happening between them. Liddell, as always, is straight to the point, and does not sugar coat it:

Then we had fellow UFC hall of fame legend Bas Rutten, in a completely separate interview, saying that Jones’ reaction to Chuck Liddell’s comments shows the ex-champ ‘Bones’ might not be in complete control of his actions. Check it out, h/t MMAMania for the quotes, and thanks for stopping by!

“(Jon Jones’ confidence) could be all a front. The way these fighters nowadays react to these little things. Like they post something about it and right away he has to post a video and saying bad stuff. Chuck Liddell said something, that [Jones] fights conservative, not to finish, and he goes right away all over Chuck Liddell. I don’t think that’s people who are in control.”