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Former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been hindered by his troubles outside of the Octagon<\/a> over the past few years. Most recently, Jones was pulled from UFC 200<\/a> just 48 hours before he was scheduled to step into the Octagon with Daniel Cormier in hopes of reclaiming the light heavyweight championship he never lost in the Octagon. <\/p>\n

While an appeal process saw Jones handed a year long suspension<\/a> retroactive to July, the damage had already been done. UFC President Dana White infamously explained after Jones UFC 200 withdrawal that the former light heavyweight champ would never headline an event again. <\/p>\n

\"Dana<\/p>\n

With Jones now rumored to return at UFC 214 against Cormier, in the co-main event, Jones’ manager Malki Kawa spoke to MMAMania<\/a> to react to the news, saying:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the funniest thing ever,\u201d Kawa said. \u201cListen, to be honest with you, it\u2019s funny. And my personal opinion, I think it\u2019s ridiculous, because at the end of the day, I mean, yes, he missed out on UFC 200, and I think the whole situation behind it was stupid and ridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Jon<\/p>\n

\u201cListen, I always look at everything people do with intent, so if somebody intends to do something, to harm someone, then that makes that person messed up,\u201d Kawa said. \u201cJon didn\u2019t intend to cancel UFC 200. Listen, we are all sitting here every day training, cutting weight. We find out Wednesday or Thursday before the fight, and no one wanted that to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, when (Dana White) says \u2018I can\u2019t trust him,\u2019 look, I understand what you\u2019re saying from your end, because you\u2019re upset, pissed off and I get it, Malki said. \u201cBut it is what it is. But from our end, if you think you\u2019re going to sell better by saying Jon Jones is a co-main event or it protects you better, then you got to do what you got to do.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This article first appeared on BJPENN.com<\/a> on 5\/10\/2017. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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