Jon Jones var tänkt att ta sig an Daniel Cormier vid UFC 178, men efter att Jones skadade sig under ett träningspass med Alistair Overeem blev han tvungen att dra sig ur mötet. Overeem har fått utstå en hel del kritik efter händelsen, då bland annat Anthony ”Rumble” Johnson hävdat att Alistair skadar träningspartners med flit.
Här kan ni läsa vad Overeem hade att säga om händelsen, via ”MMAFighting”:
Anybody can say the truth. It is what it is. You cannot make it any more nice, right? If somebody asks anybody in the gym what happened, ‘hey what happened with Jon,’ ‘yeah he was warming up with Alistair’…I mean, should they lie about it or something? It was the truth. That’s what happened, and there was no foul play, it was not intentional, it was just a very unfortunate accident. And I felt terrible man, because I was looking forward to that fight. Of course obviously [Jones]’s had a great career, he’s a great athlete, but I also like him as a friend. So, you never want to do that to your buddies that are your teammates, because you feel terrible.
Sist vi såg Alistair slogs han ut av Ben Rothwell vid ”UFC Fight Night: Jacare vs. Mousasi 2”, och härnäst möter han Stefan Struve vid ”UFC on FOX 13” den 13 december.
