Johnson denies accepting bout with Jones
When Daniel Cormier withdrew from UFC 197, Anthony Johnson did talk to the UFC about the fight with Jon Jones, but he never accepted the fight like Jones claimed.
When Daniel Cormier withdrew from UFC 197, Anthony Johnson did talk to the UFC about the fight with Jon Jones, but he never accepted the fight like Jones claimed:
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According to Johnson, the UFC did call him about taking the fight on April 23 but he never accepted the fight due to dental surgery to plant four screws in his jaw that will keep him out of action for several weeks.
“Everybody’s hitting me up now, all of my friends, saying that Jon (Jones) is throwing me under the bus or whatever. I never accepted the fight with Jon,” Johnson said on Instagram on Monday. “UFC hit me up and asked me about it but they didn’t know anything about that I had dental work done and I had four screws put in my jaw. So why would I accept a fight and then say no, I don’t want to fight him? That’s stupid, I’ve got more sense than that.
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