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Cormier: We need to know how much money Jones was demanding for Ngannou before blaming UFC

The UFC has come under public scrutiny following Jon Jones’ comments about Dana White and co. not paying him enough for the proposed heavyweight superfight with Francis Ngannou.

Daniel Cormier, however, thinks we should wait to see what Jones’ asking price was before slating the UFC for failed negotiations.

Speaking to ESPN’s Ariel Helwani in a recent interview (h/t MMA Fighting), ‘DC’ pointed out that ‘Bones’ could have been asking for an unrealistic amount of money and that the reigning UFC light heavyweight champ was likely offered a fair deal.

“What was the number though?