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UFC famous person Jon Jones and UFC president Dana White continued their disagreement over the weekend about textual content messages which will or could not exist, leaving some within the sport to take a position whether or not their massively profitable enterprise relationship would quickly be coming to an finish.
Claiming White had lied to the media about current negotiations, Jones requested to be launched from his UFC contract on Friday. The next day White was requested by reporters about that demand on the post-fight press convention for UFC Las Vegas on Saturday night time, and he didn’t do something to throw chilly water on the state of affairs.
As an alternative, the UFC boss appeared so as to add extra gasoline to an already flamable state of affairs by going all-in on the concept Jones is perhaps headed out the UFC’s door.
“In one among his tweets, he mentioned I tarnished his title,” White mentioned. “I tarnished you? You’ve accomplished an excellent job of tarnishing you.”
Jones didn’t like that.
“Put your cash the place your mouth is and launch me from that contract,” Jones replied.
“I tarnished you? You’ve accomplished an excellent job of tarnishing you.”
Dana White had a powerful reply to @JonnyBones’ newest feedback about getting “Deontay Wilder” cash. #UFCVegas | Full interview: https://t.co/HMgZnSOnZ6 pic.twitter.com/Ne9FBMSGAu
— MMA Junkie (@MMAjunkie) Could 31, 2020
Jones Claims Being Underpaid for Years
White’s feedback gave the impression to be alluding to Jones’s numerous troubles with the regulation over time and a number of other failed drug checks.
“He might have been the Lebron of this sport,” White mentioned. “He might have been massive.”
Jones wasn’t too eager on White taking that route.
“I really like the way you’re making an attempt to color this image of me being some indignant man disrespectfully demanding cash,” Jones mentioned. “After which mentioning my out of the cage affairs to justify beneath paying me by tens of hundreds of thousands for years.”
Nonetheless, White informed reporters Jones would do no matter he needed to do subsequent and that he would go away it to Jones to determine whether or not the 32-year-old needs to battle within the UFC once more.
“He can do no matter he needs,” White mentioned. “He needs to take a seat out, battle, he can do no matter. He can say no matter he needs publicly. It’s his God-given proper in America. He can say no matter he needs. When he’s prepared to come back again, he can.”
However that didn’t appear to make issues any higher.
Jon Jones Doubles Down on Demand: ‘Launch Me’
Jones doubled down on his demand for a launch from his UFC contract.
“You’re speaking all that massive man stuff about not caring,” Jones mentioned. “Put your cash the place your mouth is and launch me from that contract.”
Then Jones recommended he didn’t even have to proceed his UFC profession. Actually, the longtime pound-for-pound king of MMA mentioned he is perhaps higher off moving into one other path fully.
“I’d in all probability make extra in my first boxing match than my subsequent three UFC fights mixed,” Jones mentioned. “There’s actual property, appearing, simply kicking it and being a dad. Nobody must put up with Dana‘s lies.”
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Jones Claims White Lied About Textual content Messages
The primary lie Jones accused White of telling the press is that the fighter requested for an “absurd” sum of money to maneuver as much as heavyweight to face Francis Ngannou.
White mentioned his lawyer possessed textual content messages from Jones that proved the fighter needed $30 million to face Ngannou, arguably the hardest-hitting heavyweight in MMA historical past.
However Jones referred to as that “bulls–t” and mentioned that these textual content messages didn’t exist.
There. Are. No. textual content. 🤯 https://t.co/zWgof2yg2b
— Jon Bones Jones (@JonnyBones) Could 31, 2020
Jones additionally identified the unusual factor White did when requested by reporters to share the textual content messages in query after UFC Combat Evening.
“The reporter requested Dana to indicate the textual content messages as an alternative he offers a 55-second response speaking about why would I lie,” Jones mentioned.
Lastly, Jones blasted White and the UFC over the corporate’s present pay construction.
“At no level did I ever demand something from you Dana, I merely requested for a Tremendous battle and requested to be compensated for it,” Jones mentioned. “You’re the one who began speaking negotiations publicly and exhibiting the world how a lot you’ve been withholding out of your athletes this entire time.”
Certainly, 4 of the highest 5 highest-paid fight sports activities athletes on this planet as we speak, per the newest Forbes listing anyway, are skilled boxers with solely Conor McGregor making the listing for the UFC.
Conor McGregor is the 16th highest paid athlete in all of sports activities, in accordance with Forbes annual listing 💰 pic.twitter.com/3mbLqfyVNs
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) Could 29, 2020
So Jones would possibly actually be headed out the door. If that occurs, the UFC would lose one among its largest and greatest present stars, a fighter White already admitted was one of the best UFC fighter ever, all for what looks as if a totally avoidable state of affairs.
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