Jones was a twitter fighter. You think that's "hyping things up" and call me delusional? Man, you must get really excited about all of Jones' future fights that he tweeted about for the last decade. Comon man. Jones didn't sign the contract before, that was shown. He tweeted turning the fight down. That happened. Ignore it all you like, but that was a thing that occurred on Jon's say so.
I don't think Ngannou would guaranteed smoke Jones. There are parts of Francis that are a favorable matchup to him. Not as gift horse as Gane, of course, but still there for him. But you do prove it by beating him.
And I do blame the UFC. For most things. I just bought 6 rolls 2 days ago and they're already moldy, and I'm trying to figure out how to tell Dana White to go fuck himself for it. They're of course at fault for the fight not happening, but again, the people shifting it OFF the UFC are being ridiculous, so I'm just noting that if you're gonna try and push off the blame, it does roll off both sides.