Dana White faces tough decision with Jon Jones

The UFC is acceptable to amusement its spot by organizing a spectacle successful beforehand of the White House. This lawsuit is generating a batch of attraction and commentary, particularly since it is an quality planned for June 2026, conscionable earlier the 250th day of American independence. Jon Jones, a celebrated combatant who retired successful June, rapidly changed his caput erstwhile Donald Trump revealed the plans for the event. He has already made it wide that helium wants to look connected this unsocial stage.

Dana White, the caput of the UFC, has been chill and reserved for now. He told the media that determination is simply a “billion-to-one chance” that Jones volition so beryllium portion of the event, recalling his agelong grounds of ineligible problems and doping scandals that person repeatedly hampered the UFC’s plans.

Cejudo believes that successful the extremity the UFC person volition springiness in.

– Dana White volition springiness in. He volition springiness Jon Jones a chance. I recognize Dana’s position, due to the fact that Jon is simply a chaotic guy; thing tin ever spell wrong. His grounds speaks for itself. I emotion him, but let’s speech astir the facts,” Cejudo said connected the Pound 4 Pound podcast.

His interlocutor, Kamaru Usman, added that it would beryllium hard for White to spot Jones again, recalling the information that the erstwhile champion turned down a $30 cardinal declaration to combat Tom Aspinall and went into “retirement.”

– I would similar Jon to get a chance, but you can’t play the athletics the mode helium did and expect Dana to spot you again and springiness you the biggest stage. It conscionable doesn’t enactment that way, Usman stressed.

Cejudo, however, has nary uncertainty astir who should pb the “return to 1776,” arsenic helium himself called the event.

– This has to beryllium the main event. USA vs. England. Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall. I judge Jon would determine the combat wrong the archetypal fewer rounds. Everything other would conscionable beryllium accompaniment, “Triple C” added.

Cejudo calls Jones' rejection of a $30 cardinal declaration concern suicide. "He screwed up there. You can't bash this successful business. Now he'll astir apt get fractional arsenic much, possibly 10 million, arsenic helium was primitively offered," helium said.