{"id":112115,"date":"2014-09-12T11:55:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T18:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/?p=112115"},"modified":"2022-02-04T20:32:28","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T04:32:28","slug":"dana-white-says-race-has-nothing-to-do-with-jones-popularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/dana-white-says-race-has-nothing-to-do-with-jones-popularity\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White Says Race Has Nothing To Do With Jones&#8217; Popularity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/dana-white-and-nate-diiazs-manager-engage-in-twitter-beef\/dana-9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105547\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/backend.bjpenn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dana.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Dana\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dana.jpg 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dana-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Dana-361x250.jpg 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>UFC President Dana White politely refuted Joe Rogan&#8217;s skepticism that Jon Jones isn&#8217;t more popular because of his race.  Rogan said earlier this week that people <em>look at him as this cocky black guy and I think a lot of people have an issue with that. I think that if he was a white guy and he was doing the same thing, a la a Chael Sonnen, I think he would be way more popular.&#8221;<\/em> Read Rogan&#8217;s full comments <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/rogan-thinks-you-might-like-jon-jones-more-if-he-was-white\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dana White spoke on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ufc.com\/news\/dana-download-September-10?id=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC.com&#8217;s<\/a> weekly interview saying:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWho says Jones isn\u2019t popular? I mean, as far as our business goes, Jones is very popular.  I think Joe is saying, \u2018Why isn\u2019t he this massive superstar? The guy is so talented, his brothers are two NFL players, etcetera, etcetera.\u2019 There\u2019s no doubt that Jon has had his share of issues since he\u2019s been the champ, but I wouldn\u2019t say that Jon Jones isn\u2019t popular.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMike Tyson is black. Muhammad Ali is black. LeBron James is black. There are a lot of guys out there that are black that people love. There\u2019s people out there that don\u2019t like them too. But you\u2019re a human being, man. Some people are going to like you and some people aren\u2019t. I\u2019m white. There\u2019s a lot of people that like me and a lot of people that don\u2019t.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do you agree with Dana White?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC President Dana White politely refuted Joe Rogan&#8217;s skepticism that Jon Jones isn&#8217;t more popular because of his race. Rogan said earlier this week that people look at him as this cocky black guy and I think a lot of people have an issue with that. 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