Saint Jones could toy with and finish Francis while holding and reading the Bible in one handWell, we saw what fat Jones did to the guy that was one bad decision away from beating Ngannou. Surprised anyone still thinks Big Frank would have a chance, there's a reason he ran as soon as Jon signed the contract. Alll those muscles and a big old pussy.
My point was about the pay in Boxing vs MMA (UFC), boxing at his level is more forgiving in terms of pay as long as there is interest, he will get paid in every fight he takes win or lose cause people will still tune in, in MMA he wasnt going to get paid fighting no names if he loses to Jones, and even in victory, Boxing has few names at the top that will get him paid well, not happening in MMA.so he'd get paid less for losing in UFC but 0-1 or 0-2 his going make more? how about wilder.. should he go with the Bob Sapp style 0-3 for 20 mil? personally dont care.. he was never in this for MMA he was there just make a name so he jump line to box so shrug hope to see less of him in MMA forums.unless he fights MMA!
Jones was moving to HW for 3 years.
Talk about "BS"
Perhaps you should actually know what happened in those 3 years before running your mouth sport.
Hilariously false.
Picto had all the time in the world to get it done but he ducked Big Frank about as hard as it gets.
Nicksick clarified that it wouldn't have been $8 million per fight and would've dropped significantly with a loss, and Ngannou himself implied that the offer was "trickery." Now he's making "8 figures" from the Joshua fight. He's never fighting for anything less again and also doesn't have the cancerous goof affecting his life in any way. And please. Jones moving to heavyweight was years of drama and excuses from his side where he also said he wouldn't sign the contract due to low pay among other things.
Fact is, Jones signed a contract more or less the moment Ngannou was out the door and had it been Ngannou being unwilling to fight, goof would've made Jones vs Gane an interim title fight or just outright stripped Ngannou. This we know. This is not speculation.
Apart from all that, it's the dumbest talking point that Jon only signed "the moment Francis left".Perhaps you should actually know what happened in those 3 years before running your mouth sport.
Jon defended his LHW Feb of 2020 and then said he will move up to HW. First and foremost, it was Stipe who was champion and Jon would only fight for the title. There was no talk of Jon vs Francis under those circumstances. Francis won the belt in March of 2021, that's the first time that fight was looked at when Francis won the belt. So Francis vs Jon wasn't on the table for 3 years, more like 1 year and half. Jon and the UFC were in a contract dispute for the year 2021 so Francis faced Gane in Jan 2022. And as soon as Jon was over the dispute he pushed for the Francis fight for all of 2022, problem is that Francis was injured and in his own contrast dispute. So don't blame Jon, when for an entire year Francis was injured and didn't have a contract.
Bottom line, when the official contract was out for this fight, Jon signed and Francis declined and left.
Breaking news: If Francis loses the title he no longer makes champion pay now that he's no longer champion.Nicksick clarified that it wouldn't have been $8 million per fight and would've dropped significantly with a loss, and Ngannou himself implied that the offer was "trickery."
Jon is wasting everyone's time.Ngannou seemed kind of pissed off there. which doesn't make sense since he's the one who has all the leverage now. he should've just laughed off Jon's comments.
Apart from all that, it's the dumbest talking point that Jon only signed "the moment Francis left".
Like... yes? How exactly do you think Jon was going to move up to fight for the title if Francis was refusing to re-sign and is holding the belt hostage, thereby preventing any title shots?
Literally the only two options for Jon to move up for a title fight are:
- Francis re-signs and we get Francis/Jon
- Francis doesn't re-sign and we get Jon/whoever for the vacant title
Like no shit Jon moved up when Francis left. That's literally when the title shot became available.
It's even dumber when they try and pretend Jon should've just moved up against whoever in the meantime and had a random HW fight. Like yeah guys, GOAT Jon on a 15 title fight streak should've totally moved up against Tai Tuivasa.
It's so strange how we can simply go back and look at articles from 2022 and see Francis, his team, the UFC, and everybody targeting the exact March 2023 card that Jon fought on.No doubt! In the end, and I say this over and over. Jon signed and Francis didn't.
And I don't mean Francis ducked or anything, he just didn't get the deal he wanted and moved on. But the fight was at it's height and on the table 100%
“A UFC exec called and basically said, ‘Hey, what is your ideal timeline, and what is your ideal match up?’” Nicksick told MMA Junkie Radio. “Does it matter what my opinion is? No, but it is nice that they called and asked. I said ideally I would want March, and ideally I would want Jon Jones.
“The person that called agreed 1 million percent that this is what [UFC] would like, as well,” he continued. “That is what Francis would like. They’re calling to figure out timeline on injury and how long I would need to get him ready.”
Jon is wasting everyone's time.