Lester claimed that the UFC light heavyweight champion Jones backed out on a handshake deal with him for coaching services prior to UFC 239.
During happier times
Lester has worked with Jones for many fight camps and they shared a great camaraderie between themselves. When Jones was hauled by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency for the use of PEDs and had his UFC 214 victory over Daniel Cormier overturned, his former coach Lester stood by Jones and denied that the fighter had intentionally used steroids in the build up t his fight against DC.
The fallout
However, their relationship has apparently soured and the same was confirmed on Tuesday as Lester bashed Jones in an Instagram post, stating that the light heavyweight champ still owes him $13,000 as coaching fees for the training camp before Jones’ title defense against Thiago Santos. (h/t MMA Junkie)
Lester quit Jackson Wink MMA following the fallout with Jones and announced the opening of his own training facility named TANK Mixed Martial Arts. He further mentioned that Jones and Winkeljohn will have to answer for their misdeeds.
Lester claimed that he is a better coach than Mike has ever been.
Lester even threatened to inflict physical harm on Jon Jones, asking him to “keep that security close.”
Given below is the Instagram post shared by Lester.
Jones addresses the allegations
Jones denied Lester’s claims in a comment that he later deleted, and accused Lester of being ousted from the team on fight week because of drug issues. He has also threatened to take legal action against Lester. His comment read as follows:
A post shared by Frank Lester (@thefranklester) on Sep 30, 2019 at 3:28pm PDT
Following this incident, Abe Kawa, who happens to be Jones’ manager, took to social media to defend his client. In a recent tweet, he said that he has been with Jones for a long time and he can vouch for the fact that Jones has never short changed a member of his team.
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