Cleary he’s just cashing out. Jon doesn’t actually believe he’s the best in the world otherwise he’d take the bigger money fight against the actual interim champ instead of getting hounded by the mma world for being a duck at the end of his career.
The more time that goes by the more people are becoming aware of his faults.
Yes he has accomplished a lot like Lance Armstrong did but nobody believes Armstrong is the best bicyclist because he was the biggest cheat, and then you look at how everyone thinks he’s a duck now. Is he trading legacy points in for a gimmick payout against old man Stipe?
Reyes beat his ass too, I don’t see how taking down and subbing a BJJ whitebelt noob like Gane means he can even be competitive against a true HW powerhouse. Tom would bludgeon him.
If he wanted people to overlook his cheating he should have just left quietly after getting gifted decisions against Reyes and Santos, now he’s bringing attention to the fact he truly looks scared. His reputation has been taking a beating for months and months now after they touted him as the baddest man on the planet.
