{"id":245222,"date":"2017-07-26T05:43:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T12:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=245222"},"modified":"2017-07-26T05:43:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-26T12:43:40","slug":"dana-white-threatens-whole-ball-game-jon-jones-fails-show-ufc-214","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/dana-white\/dana-white-threatens-whole-ball-game-jon-jones-fails-show-ufc-214\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White threatens “whole other ball game” if Jon Jones fails to show up for UFC 214"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones was pencilled in for a comeback fight opposite reigning champ and heated riva<\/a>l Daniel Cormier. Jones’ big-ticket comeback was expected to occur in the main event of UFC 200, which served as the crescendo of 2016’s International Fight Week in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

Regrettably, Jones failed a drug test in the lead-up to this event, which meant that his main event battle with Cormier was scrapped at the last minute. In the wake of this biblical disaster, UFC President Dana White assured he would never trust Jon Jones to headlined a UFC card again.<\/p>\n

As it tuns out, White wouldn’t be talking to Jones anymore either. In a recent interview with ESPN, the UFC boss assured he hasn’t spoken to the former champ since his scrapped UFC 200 showdown with Cormier.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJon Jones and I still haven\u2019t talked since the last time he pulled out of UFC 200,\u201d White said (h\/t MMAFighting.com<\/a>). \u201cBut he\u2019s getting the opportunity right now to come back and face Daniel Cormier, without a doubt two of the best light heavyweights ever, both of these guys.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

While White hasn’t spoken to Jones in over a year, he was very complimentary of his former champion.<\/p>\n

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\u201cJon Jones has obviously had the potential to be the greatest of all-time, I mean, this guy still hasn\u2019t lost a fight. If you look at his record, you know, there is a ‘1’ there, but that is because a referee that shouldn\u2019t have been reffing [reffed his fight against Matt Hamill], a guy who completely screwed up Jon Jones\u2019 record, so this is Jon Jones\u2019 chance to come back and stay undefeated.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

White did, however, make a foreboding comment about the possibility of Jones bailing on UFC 214.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI wasn\u2019t happy with him and what happened with him falling out of UFC 200,\u201d White explained. \u201cI feel like we\u2019ve been there for the guy every time he\u2019s had a problem, and for him to do that at UFC 200, I was just… I was not happy. But we don\u2019t have to talk for him to come back and do what he\u2019s going to try to do on Saturday night, we don\u2019t have to talk. I\u2019m not mad at him anymore like I was before, but we\u2019ll see how this thing plays out. I mean, if he doesn\u2019t show up for this one, that\u2019s going be whole other ball game, but I\u2019m cool with Jon Jones right now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Do you think Jon Jones and Dana White will ever mend fences?<\/p>\n

This article first appeared on\u00a0<\/i>BJPenn.com<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0on 7\/26\/2017. <\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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