{"id":352548,"date":"2020-06-07T22:01:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T05:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=352548"},"modified":"2020-06-07T22:01:02","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T05:01:02","slug":"jon-jones-responds-to-dana-whites-you-dont-have-to-fight-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/jon-jones\/jon-jones-responds-to-dana-whites-you-dont-have-to-fight-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones responds to Dana White’s “you don’t have to fight” comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ongoing feud between UFC light heavyweight kingpin Jon Jones and promotional President Dana White continued this evening.<\/p>\n

The beef all started after ‘Bones’ expressed his interest in moving up a weight class to take on feared knockout artist Francis Ngannou. Unfortunately for fight fans, negotiations for the fight broke down and shortly after Jones suggested he was considering taking a hiatus from MMA.<\/p>\n

When questioned about the failed Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou negotiations UFC President Dana White claimed that ‘Bones’ was looking for “Deontay Wilder money<\/a>” and that his demands were simply outrageous.<\/p>\n

Jones did not take well to White’s claims, suggesting that the UFC President was lying<\/a> to fight fans in an attempt to tarnish his legacy. Dana then fired back by telling the media that Jon had already done a good enough job of tarnishing<\/a> his own name.<\/p>\n

\"Dana-White\"<\/p>\n

Since that time Jon Jones announced that he would be vacating<\/a> his UFC light heavyweight title, this while suggesting that top contenders Dominick Reyes and Jan Blachowicz battle it out for the promotions<\/a> vacant crown.<\/p>\n

Now, in the span of twenty-four hours, fellow UFC stars in Jorge Masvidal and Conor McGregor have expressed their frustration with the promotion. ‘Notorious’ announced he was retiring<\/a> from the fight game, while ‘Gamebred’ requested his release<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dana White responded to the recent fighter backlash<\/a> by suggesting that nobody is forcing the UFC athletes to compete: “You don’t have to fight”.<\/p>\n

This evening Jon Jones fired back at the brash UFC boss over those comments with the following statement.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not a matter of not wanting to fight, I committed my whole life to this trade. The issue is not being able to go anywhere else. @espn<\/a><\/p>\n

— BONY (@JonnyBones) June 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n