It’s been a busy few weeks for Jon Jones. First, UFC light heavyweight champion was suddenly thrust into a potential superfight with Francis Ngannou. Negotiations didn’t get very far though as Jones said the UFC was not offering any increase in pay for moving up to light heavyweight, meaning he would be perfectly fine with defending his own light heavyweight title instead. That’s when things got wild.
UFC President Dana White came out and essentially blamed the failed negotiations entirely on Jon Jones, saying he was asking for “Deontay Wilder money.