{"id":198072,"date":"2016-07-05T10:52:02","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T17:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=198072"},"modified":"2016-07-05T10:52:02","modified_gmt":"2016-07-05T17:52:02","slug":"floyd-mayweather-blowing-off-jon-jones-since-initial-call-about-working-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/floyd-mayweather-blowing-off-jon-jones-since-initial-call-about-working-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather blowing off Jon Jones since initial call about working together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, boxing legend <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/floyd-mayweather\/video-floyd-mayweather-flying-to-visit-jon-jones-confident-he-will-join-tmt\/\">Floyd Mayweather had plans to sign UFC pound for pound kingpin Jon Jones to &#8216;The Money Team&#8217;<\/a> ahead of his <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/videos\/video-updated-ufc-200-promo-with-brock-lesnar-mark-hunt\/\">UFC 200 fight against Daniel Cormier.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mayweather <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/boxing-news\/floyd-mayweather\/video-floyd-mayweather-flying-to-visit-jon-jones-confident-he-will-join-tmt\/\">flew out to New Mexico to meet with Jones<\/a> to discuss the possibility of working together.  Understandably so, the MMA community went wild theorizing about two of the greatest combat sports athletes teaming up.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with less than a week to go until his showdown with Daniel Cormier, Jones still hasn&#8217;t heard back from Mayweather.  The interim light heavyweight champion spoke to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2016\/07\/05\/jon-jones-tmt-floyd-mayweather\/\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ<\/a> to discuss the situation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Floyd Mayweather called me and we had a nice long conversation about doing some things together and I haven&#8217;t heard from his since. Floyd &#8230; c&#8217;mon man, give me a call! I would love to work with Floyd Mayweather. 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