Dana White is basically manipulating Jones into doing whatever he wants by denying him access to UFC WH event

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Dana is aware and knows that the only reason Jon Jones came out of retirement was for the UFC White House event. Likely in Jone's mind, it is a perfect launching pad to boost his brand and popularity.


Given Jone's screwed him over by backing out of the Aspinall fight, as well as, his many legal troubles, Dana needs to make sure that Jones can easily be controlled. And what better way of having Jone's submit to your will than by initially denying him what he wants most.



Jones likely will accept a much lower payout than what he was demanding in the Asipinall fight and he likely would agree to fight whoever Dana puts him up against. This is a win, win scenario for Dana as Jones does not have any bargaining power here. And do not be fooled by Dana denying Jones, he knows the most talked about fight right now is him vs Tom and even said that would be the dream match he would like to put in place for UFC WH event.

 
I don't know if Boner should have said "it's not about the money". Dana might hold him to that.

Dana's hesitancy is understandable given Jon's flakiness, and yeah, he's probably going to use that to his advantage in negotiations.

Boner vs Tom at the White House would have a wild af, over the top good guy vs bad guy narrative.
 
It's the smart move for dana. Look what happened last time jones had any power in matchmaking, ufc, tom, and the fans got screwed over for a long time cause of his shenanigans and pussyfootin and greedy ego.
 
Jon is a draw....but not that big of a draw. The UFC has bent over backwards for him more than any fighter yet he still likes to act like he's owed something. He is a liability, this event is the biggest in UFC history and it has to go clean.

No matter what, the WH event is going to sell. They do not need Jon to sell it, but he can easily derail it like he has many times before. Besides, the media is going to eat up how this event is already idiocracy, they don't need to put the cherry on top by having it headlined by criminals like Jon and Conor.
 
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Dana is aware and knows that the only reason Jon Jones came out of retirement was for the UFC White House event. Likely in Jone's mind, it is a perfect launching pad to boost his brand and popularity.

Given Jone's screwed him over by backing out of the Aspinall fight, as well as, his many legal troubles, Dana needs to make sure that Jones can easily be controlled. And what better way of having Jone's submit to your will than by initially denying him what he wants most.
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Talk to us about the apostrophes. What made you decide to go all the way over to the other side of keyboard in those moments?
 
Unless Dana knows something we don't, this must be the case.

I think Dana was genuinely surprised and angry that Jon Jones retired, rather than facing Aspinall. I'm pretty sure he promised Dana he would fight Aspinall after Stipe.
 
I think Dana played his cards perfectly and answered that question with 100% honesty.

He know he can't trust Jones with his words or what the hell he is doing in his personal life. He made it known basically if Jones wants a piece of that card he is going to have too commit and probably eat a little humble pie also.
 
I hardly ever agree with Dana but I’ll be thrilled if he shuns Jonathan from this event. I don’t think the UFC needs him for this spectacle.
 
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