UFC light heavyweight king Jon Jones has lashed out at Dana White over an ongoing pay dispute that has stopped hopes of a fight with heavyweight Francis Ngannou, with Jones claiming White “lied to the camera.”
Jones was infuriated by an interview in which White claimed the outspoken champion “couldn’t be asking for a more absurd amount of money at a worse time” during talks,, when the pound-for-pound number one live-tweeted his dismay during what he claimed was a brief and fruitless negotiation.
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Jones insisted that numbers had never been discussed and he had not been offered a pay rise to move up in weight to face Ngannou, later appearing to back down on a threat to take a lengthy break from the octagon while being backed up by his potential opponent, who said the UFC was unwilling to pay “at least what it’s worth” for the fight.
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