IRELAND, EUROPE: Heavyweight boxing champ Tyson Fury lambasted UFC commentator, Joe Rogan, for sparking debates about a potential fight with Jon Jones. Fury recently spent some time at the Bangtao Muay Thai & MMA Gym in Phuket, Thailand.
Apart from participating in several rounds, the heavyweight boxer also had a Q&A with head coach, George Hickman, and the other coaches, fighters and students from Bangtao. Fury spoke about Jones, and the potential of ever fighting each other in the ring or the cage.
'It was actually Joe Rogan, little s**tbag'
Fury claimed that Rogan was to be blamed for the "ridiculous" situation with Jones. He said, "To be honest with you, all this talk of a me and Jon Jones fighting in a cage is absolutely ridiculous.”
"Like, I’m the lineal world heavyweight champion. The man who beat the man going back to John L Sullivan. Why would I even dream of going in a cage and wrestling and all that? It’s not my thing," Fury said in a video obtained by Bloody Elbow.
Fury went on to state that the entire debate was sparked by something Rogan said. "It was actually Joe Rogan, little s**tbag, who [started this]. Just out of the blue, there was no talk of me or Jon even fighting," he said
'Zero chance of me going in an MMA game'
Explaining what Rogan said, Fury stated, "Jon’s a great guy, probably the GOAT of MMA. [Rogan] said, ‘Oh if Tyson Fury goes in a room with Jon Jones he’s going to get absolutely smashed to bits.’ Like, if someone goes in the room with me and it’s no holds barred, you’re going to have to kill me to stop me."
"He didn’t say an MMA fight or a boxing fight, he said go in a room together and Tyson Fury’s not walking out," Fury continued, adding, "So I don’t know where it all started and Jon said something and I said something and we’ve being going back and forward."
"There was never talk of me saying I was going to go in a cage with Jon Jones and go in there and get my arm snapped off. No way. The thing was, I offered Jon, you want to walk in a boxing ring and make some real money then come and fight me. But zero chance of me going in an MMA game and rolling around and all that. Zero," Fury concluded.
Fury retained the WBC title in December 2022, despite facing Derek Chisora in a 10th-round TKO. He called out Oleksandr Usyk, who is one WBC championship away from the undisputed heavyweight champion.
Whereas, Jones defeated Ciryl Gane for the vacant heavyweight title in March. His first championship defense is expected to be against former champion Stipe Miocic in Madison Square Garden later in 2023. Jones has said that this fight could be his last.
