{"id":99872,"date":"2014-06-04T12:43:30","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T19:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=99872"},"modified":"2022-02-06T10:06:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T18:06:13","slug":"white-rejects-jones-vs-cormier-insists-jon-fights-gustafsson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/ufcnews\/white-rejects-jones-vs-cormier-insists-jon-fights-gustafsson\/","title":{"rendered":"White Rejects Jones vs. Cormier &#8211; Insists Jon Fights Gustafsson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/video-dana-whites-ufc-170-pre-fight-media-scrum\/dana-png\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-87117\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87117\" title=\"Dana Png\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dana-Png.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dana-Png.png 390w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dana-Png-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Dana-Png-361x250.png 361w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Gustafsson&#8217;s next in line. Even Cormier said, \u2018Listen, I hope this whole things works out for me and I get the shot, but even I believe that Gustafsson deserves the next shot.&#8217; [Gustafsson is] the No. 1 contender, he&#8217;s waited for this rematch and [Cormier] even agrees. It\u2019s just one of those things that sucks, to be honest with you. As soon as [Jones] starts to build some steam and starts to become the star that you think he can be, he comes out and doesn&#8217;t want to fight somebody. You&#8217;re the champion, you&#8217;re the pound-for-pound best guy in the world, and he says he wants to be known as the best ever. Well, you don&#8217;t turn down opponents, you know what I mean? You&#8217;ve got to fight all the best in the world, anyway. You&#8217;re the man; everybody&#8217;s gunning for you.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/410440\/sports\/mma-eyes-our.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Albuquerque Journal<\/a>, UFC President Dana White put the DC vs. Jones talks to rest and set the record straight on who Jon Jones will face-off against next.<\/p>\n<p>Recently <a href=\"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/jon-jones-blasts-haters-then-deletes-video-its-my-career-not-yours-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jon Jones said he didn&#8217;t want to face Alexander Gustafsson and instead wanted a new challenge in Cormier. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thoughts?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Gustafsson&#8217;s next in line. 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