{"id":37246,"date":"2012-09-22T10:56:48","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T17:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=37246"},"modified":"2022-02-06T13:32:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:32:11","slug":"ufc-president-snaps-back-at-jones-jones-knew-ufc-151-would-get-canceled-ufc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/ufc-president-snaps-back-at-jones-jones-knew-ufc-151-would-get-canceled-ufc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"UFC President Snaps Back At Jones: "Jones Knew UFC 151 Would Get Canceled" | UFC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nYesterday during our UFC 152 pre-fight press conference coverage we shared a statement from UFC light-heavyweight champion, Jon Jones.<\/p>\n

In the statement the champion stated clearly that the UFC brass did not notify him of the UFC 151 cancellation and while the champ admits, it may not have made a difference in his decision process, it was information that should have been passed on.<\/p>\n

UFC president Dana White took note of Jones’ comments and took to FUEL TV to rebut.<\/p>\n

“I’m actually glad that he did say that. I don’t think he would have said that if I was there. So today we’re going to be face-to-face and we’ll see what he says and he doesn’t say. The fact that he said he didn’t know the show would be canceled is false. I did tell him the show would be canceled.<\/p>\n

“I think he takes this thing, or is acting like he’s taking it, lightly, which he shouldn’t be,” White continued. “The fact that the fight was canceled isn’t a joke. It’s not funny and a lot of people were affected by it. There was a lot of collateral damage that happened with the cancelling of the show. We’ll see how this goes.”<\/p>\n

“I think he needs to take it a little more serious than he is,” said White. “I don’t know if he’s embarrassed. Obviously the fans have turned on him, but I think he needs to take this thing a little more serious than he did.”<\/p>\n