Francis Ngannou sends message to new UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones

After Jon Jones made easy work of Ciryl Gane at UFC 285, delivering a first-round submission to be crowned the new heavyweight champion, former heavyweight titleholder Francis Ngannou made sure to throw some words "Bones's" way.

Ngannou did defeat Gane by unanimous decision to retain the heavyweight title in January 2022, before exiting the UFC altogether.

Although Ngannou's message declared himself "The heavyweight king," the MMA community — and beyond — cemented Jones with the MMA GOAT status with the following reactions: