It took President Donald Trump‘s announcement that the White House would be hosting a UFC event, which brought Jon Jones back from retirement. The former 2-weight champion even claimed to have entered the testing as he eyes a comeback against whoever holds the belt by the time UFC White’s House takes place. But it seems like Dana White isn’t very keen on adding Jones to that card.
Jon Jones previously delayed the fight against Tom Aspinall for months, as Dana White was fixated on making this fight happen. However, his unceremonious retirement announcement left a lot of fans, including the UFC CEO, disappointed. And now, White doesn’t want to take any risks with Jones and out the whole White House event in jeopardy, as he plans to make this event the biggest one ever. “You know, how I felt about him. I just can’t risk putting him in big positions, in a big spot, and have something go wrong, especially the White House card,” Dana White told the media during the UFC 318 post-fight press conference.
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In the meantime, Dana White appears to be occupied with the whole planning of the White House event, and is not ready to entertain discussions about the potential card until the promotion sorts out the logistics. “I have other problems. I’m dealing with the logistics and all the things on figuring out how to make this thing happen, how do we wanna do it,” the UFC CEO added. “I’m gonna fly out there in about 10 days, two weeks, and we’ll have all the renderings down, sit down with him… and see what he wants to do and what he doesn’t want to do.”
Well, Jon Jones may not have expected this to happen, but Dana White could change his mind in the coming months. What do you make of the CEo’s snubbing of the consensus UFC GOAT? Drop your comments below.
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