Chicago – Sorry, Vecht fans, but it doesn’t seem like Jon Jones will fight in the White House next year.
Jones, who retired his heavyweight title earlier this summer and kept a distance instead of accepting a fight with interim champion Tom Aspinall, recently returned to the UFC drug test pool and showed an interest in fighting during the event in the capital of the nation.
UFC President and CEO Dana White remained cool about the idea while he spoke with media, including Cageside Press na UFC 319 in the United Center in Chicago on Saturday.
Asked if there was something that Jones could do to earn White’s confidence – “Bones” passed the scandal after scandal, confronted with several criminal prosecution and on three separate occasions of UFC were stripped of UFC titles – White was the question to the reporter it asked.
“Let me ask me: what do you think Jon could do in the coming months that I trusted that he is putting him on the White House card?”
After he had received the reporter who originally asked that even he did not trust Jones, White added: “I would not bet – if I had to make opportunities, it is a billion for one that I put Jon Jones on the White House card.”
The opportunities may be slightly better than Khamzat Chimaev fights in Abu Dhabi later this year. Chimaev dominated Dricus Du Plessis to claim the middleweight title of the promotion in Saturday’s main event. He has repeatedly expressed the wish to become a member of the Oktoberkaart, which already contains Tom Aspinall versus Ciryl Gane for heavyweight gold.
“I just had a child fight on Tuesday, and he wanted to turn around and come here [Baisangur Susurkaev]. I would absolutely consider Abu Dhabi, “White replied when he was asked that Chimaev made the relatively fast turn.
White also thought about the story of Joseph Morales, who was cut from the UFC in 2019 to just return to a place The ultimate hunter 33 This year. He won the show on Saturday at Flyweight, making the heavy favorite, Alibi Idiris, up.
“Great story. What the child achieved afterwards, I would not call him on and out, but the position he was in, and to come back and win this, it is incredible. I love such stories,” said White.
View the full UFC 319 Post-Vecht press conference with Dana White above.
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