Just crowned heavyweight champion, Jon Jones is already looking forward to defending his belt once morest the cream of the division. Maybe even a little too much, as Dana White made it clear following her star’s recent bloodshed!
To believe that he did not have time to make disappear the ants in the legs that he must have had while climbing in the octagon. Quick winner of Ciryl Gane at UFC 285, Jon Jones might only savor his return to competition for two short minutes following three years of absence. A sufficient amount of time to win the heavyweight belt he coveted, but not to satiate his insane appetite.
Jon Jones gets annoyed publicly, Dana White calms him down
While Gane prepares his rebound and just made a big decried decision, Jones is eagerly awaiting his next opponent. Barring a huge surprise, Stipe Miocic should try to take up the challenge in the coming months, as had been planned for a long time. However, faced with the delay taken by his compatriot to sign his contract, Bones launched damning accusations regarding him on Twitter:
Yo @stipemiocic, only you, the UFC and I know the truth. You’ve been avoiding me for all of 2022 — July, September, and December. Now I hear rumors that we might not fight in July. Bro, it’s simple. Either you believe in yourself or you don’t. Either you are ready for this challenge or you are not. Stop wasting everyone’s time.
Invited to bounce on these incendiary remarks following UFC 286, Dana White flatly denied them, clearly taking Miocic’s side:
No no no. Look, Stipe has never tried to dodge anything in his career. You know, this guy is seen as one of, if not the greatest heavyweight of all time. So no, I don’t think Stipe is trying to dodge anything.
In order to explain the duration taken by the negotiations on this shock, the big boss then put forward the specific lifestyle of the candidate n ° 2 at the belt of -120kg:
There’s one thing you have to understand regarding some of these guys, the ones that are at the level of a Jones or a McGregor or a Stipe… Stipe has been through it all.
He’s made loads of money, plus he’s got a job in Ohio. He has children. These guys have busy lives. They never seek to avoid anyone. Stipe has been fighting his whole life, why would he try to hide? You see what I mean ? That does not make any sense. And then, in addition to that, this fight would represent one of, if not the biggest of all his life.
Jon Jones is really no longer in place, so much so that he puts pressure on Stipe Miocic by swinging degrading rumors regarding him. Dana White must therefore put on his police cap, and tries somehow to calm things down!