{"id":378007,"date":"2021-03-05T05:41:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T13:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=378007"},"modified":"2021-03-05T05:41:18","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T13:41:18","slug":"dana-white-would-love-to-have-jon-jones-in-attendance-for-ufc-260","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-would-love-to-have-jon-jones-in-attendance-for-ufc-260\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White would \u201clove\u201d to have Jon Jones in attendance for UFC 260"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UFC president Dana White has said he&#8217;d love to have new heavyweight contender Jon Jones in attendance at the upcoming UFC 260 card.<\/p>\n<p>The event in question at the end of the month will play host to Stipe Miocic vs. Francis Ngannou 2. The fight will be contested for the UFC Heavyweight Championship, with the expectation being that Jones will be thrust into an immediate title shot against whoever comes out victorious.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LFFOdsA4A0g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>, White was questioned about what Jon&#8217;s role could be at the blockbuster event.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dana White talks UFC 259, holding events in Texas | ESPN MMA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LFFOdsA4A0g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I haven&#8217;t heard from him,&#8221; White said. &#8220;But, obviously, if Jon Jones wanted to come to the fight, we&#8217;d love to have him&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>White has also spoken about the possibility of <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/ufc\/dana-white-hoping-to-move-ufc-260-to-texas-with-a-soldout-crowd\/\">UFC 260 actually being moved to Texas<\/a> after the state announced they&#8217;d be removing most of their COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to go to Texas ASAP,\u201d White said at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X7ROZZcIBDI&amp;ab_channel=UFC-UltimateFightingChampionship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC 259 pre-fight press conference<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ll go in the next two, three weeks. I\u2019m ready to roll. We\u2019ll be first. We\u2019ll open this thing up, we\u2019ll sell it out and be on our way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m ready to go. I\u2019d move this one if we could,\u201d White added. \u201cI told everybody when this opened up that I would be first and we would go first. And we will. If we could do it, we\u2019d do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But before all of the talk begins about what Jon Jones may or may not do, it&#8217;s worth focusing on just how exciting this rematch could be. Miocic was able to completely control Ngannou in their first fight at UFC 220, but three years later, there&#8217;s a lot of hype behind Ngannou after his phenomenal run of form as of late.<\/p>\n<p>Do you think Dana White should bring Jon Jones to UFC 260?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UFC president Dana White has said he&#8217;d love to have new heavyweight contender Jon Jones in attendance at the upcoming UFC 260 card. 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