{"id":39140,"date":"2026-07-07T03:19:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:19:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sherdog.com\/news\/news\/The-GOAT-Jon-Jones-picks-Ronaldo-over-Messi-because-of-their-Instagram-DMs-201784"},"modified":"2026-07-07T03:19:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T03:19:56","slug":"the-goat-jon-jones-picks-ronaldo-over-messi-because-of-their-instagram-dms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/the-goat-jon-jones-picks-ronaldo-over-messi-because-of-their-instagram-dms\/","title":{"rendered":"The GOAT? Jon Jones picks Ronaldo over Messi because of their Instagram DMs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Jon
\nJones<\/a> didn\u2019t have difficulty choosing between two of the
\ngreatest soccer players of all time.<\/p>\n

Jones (28-1) was recently asked to pick between soccer legends
\nCristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, siding with the former for one
\nsimple reason. \u201cBones\u201d revealed that he has built a friendship with
\nRonaldo over Instagram DMs.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m going with Ronaldo, all day, ’cause Ronaldo writes to me,\u201d He
\ntold a fan in an Instagram video. \u201cWe have an open dialogue on
\nInstagram. We DM each other every once in a while. So, I have a
\ngood relationship with Ronaldo. Gotta go with my friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jon Jones explains why Cristiano Ronaldo beat Lionel Messi in
\nhis soccer GOAT debate<\/h2>\n

Jones isn\u2019t the only mixed martial arts fighter Ronaldo has a
\nfriendship with. The former Manchester United, Real Madrid and
\nJuventus star also has regular communication with Khabib
\nNurmagomedov<\/a> and is a stakeholder in Ilia
\nTopuria<\/a>\u2019s MMA promotion, The
\nWay of the Warrior<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ronaldo was even spotted sitting cageside during a UFC Fight Night
\nin Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He attended the event to personally
\nsupport his friend, Sharabutdin
\nMagomedov<\/a>, ahead of the Russian\u2019s fight against Michael
\nPage<\/a>. Before the bout, the football legend even visited
\nMagomedov at the Al-Nassr training ground to show his support.<\/p>\n

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is expected to be the last for Ronaldo. His
\nPortugal side was eliminated following a 0-1 loss to Spain in the
\nRound of 16.<\/p>\n

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Jon Jones didn\u2019t have difficulty choosing between two of the greatest soccer players of all time. Jones (28-1) was recently asked to pick between soccer legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, siding with the former for one simple reason. \u201cBones\u201d revealed that he has built a friendship with Ronaldo over Instagram DMs. Advertisement \u201cI\u2019m going […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39141,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-martial-arts-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.martialartskleinanzeigen.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}