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Jon Jones has a UFC meeting against Francis Ngannou; $ 8 to $ 10 million will not cut
The expectation of a successful fight between former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones and newly minted heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou was off the charts before it was even a possibility. Now that this could be happening, it looks like UFC president Dana White has put an end to the excitement. Or did he? We will soon discover, as Jones recently admitted in a storm of tweets, that he is talking to the UFC bosses about making the fight happen, despite his and White’s public war of words. After Ngannou took off Stipe Miocic’s belt at UFC 260 on Saturday night, everyone expected a fast, Ngannou vs. Jones is next. This did not happened. Instead, Jones tweeted, “Show me the money.” White then responded by implying that Jones really didn’t want the fight, that he should be afraid to fight Ngannou after his spectacular performance against Miocic. Was the Jon Jones and Dana White war of words simply a negotiating stance? Despite his vitriol, it is starting to look more and more like Jones and White are simply negotiating the fight through the media and social media, just as Daniel Cormier said recently. This is a fight that everyone, including Joe Rogan of UFC, is calling a once in a lifetime opportunity. The potential of this fight is that it can be greater than any other in UFC history, including Conor McGregor’s fight against Khabib Nurmagomedov. With so much at stake, Jones doesn’t want to fight for a standard contract. This fight can break records and he wants a piece of that pie. In a storm of tweets on Wednesday, Jones said he had spoken to UFC bosses (not Dana White) and warned them that a $ 8 to $ 10 million payout would not be good enough for a fight of this magnitude. “I had a brief phone call with UFC Hunter attorney a few days ago. At this point, I expressed to him that somewhere around 8 to $ 10 million would be too low for a fight of this magnitude. That is all that has been discussed. far away, “wrote Jones. “I should be waiting for what their offer will be. Really hoping that the numbers are nowhere near that. I think we’ll see what happens.” Jones at least set a barrier for the UFC to return with something that could be acceptable to the man that many consider the greatest fighter of all time. Whether they do or not is yet to be seen. Jones Jones and Dana White The excitement is still growing for Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou The fight is all that has been said since Ngannou won the belt. The conversation about a Miocic rematch immediately went out the window. White publicized Derrick Lewis’s name as the fight to be fought, but that was certainly a stance on his part. Even with Nate Diaz expected to return alongside Leon Edwards at UFC 262, experts and fans are eagerly awaiting developments in the Jones vs. Ngannou fight, and Jones knows it. “One thing I’m sure of, I never had more people excited to see a fight than I do now, I literally can’t walk to my mailbox without someone asking me about the fight.” But will the UFC show him the money? https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/1377287792431009797?s=20 https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/1377287999499554817?s=20 https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/1377288386327805958?s=20 20 https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/1377290054876323840?s=20 https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/1377290359185629188?s=20 https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/1377291388451086347?s=20 = 20 https://twitter.com/JonnyBones/status/1377293978907774979?s=20 Jon Jones asks the UFC to be launched, then deletes posts from Twitter Highlights and recap of UFC 260: Francis Ngannou detonates Stipe Miocic! (Sign up for MMAWeekly.com on YouTube)