How much will Uncle Dana pay Jones to fight Tommy?

[jackleeb]

Jon said at the post-fight press conference that only "f*ck you money" would interest him to fight Aspinall.

I think Jones wanted $30 million to fight Ngannou before, which UFC declined.
But now Dana/Hunter are eager to book Jones vs. Aspinall (large part due to fan demand) and you know tomato guy knows a $$ megafight $$ when he sees one.

How much Dana/Hunter willing to spend?
Would Jones accept anything under $50 million?

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

UFC's first 8-figure fight purse and yet another record for Jonny Bones

 

[Get To Da Choppa]

Jon said at the post-fight press conference that only "f*ck you money" would interest him to fight Aspinall.

I think Jones wanted $30 million to fight Ngannou before, which UFC declined.
But now Dana/Hunter are eager to book Jones vs. Aspinall (large part due to fan demand) and you know tomato guy knows a $$ megafight $$ when he sees one.

How much Dana/Hunter willing to spend?
Would Jones accept anything under $50 million?

Tree fiddy and a lifetime supply of premium Colombian snow

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

 

[CannotWin]

Lol this again. Jones is pricing himself out of that fight. Stop being naive. He did the same with Francis.

 

[tornado362]

The max I see them offering is between 15-20 million, considering he made 6-7 million for fighting Stipe, that is a huge pay rise

 

[flektarn]

Dana probably isn't going to pay him what he wants. Everyone will call him a duck.
Jones doesn't get to negotiate for what he's worth since he's not Sherdog's darling like Ngannou. Simple as.

 

[rjmbrd]

Jones refused to fight Ngannou and didn't make his heavyweight debut until he was gone. There was years to get that fight done, Jon didn't want it for obvious reasons.

They dug up the bones of retired Stipe to give Jon a signature win (for general audiences who don't know better) but he unequivocally does not want to fight Tom. The UFC isn't going to make a special above and beyond offer, he's got a deal in place and he'll fight the interim title holder or vacate.

 

[Striker Fox]

Would it be worth it for the UFC to spend $30M on Jones to potentially turn Aspinall into a superstar?

“When Jones was doing his [post-fight] speech, I was looking directly at the UFC brass, Dana [White] and Hunter [Campbell], and both of them turned to me at the same time and pointed at me and winked. At the same time. To me, that says [there is] something big in the pipeline. As I said a moment ago, it’s the biggest fight.”, Aspinall said.

"if I give him the opportunity to fight me, I want to be so compensated. I want to say it – I want that ‘f–k you’ money, honestly. That’s just what it is. Or else my life is perfect without him. I don’t need him at all and he needs me and that’s a good place to be in a negotiation.” Jones said

 

[FilipEmoFights]

Anderson Silva money

 

[The Bloody Nine]

Dana probably isn't going to pay him what he wants. Everyone will call him a duck.
Jones doesn't get to negotiate for what he's worth since he's not Sherdog's darling like Ngannou. Simple as.

Jones isn't negotiating. He's flat out stating over and over again that he won't fight Aspinall. It's Alex or retirement. His words.

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

Old alcoholic vs jobber, MAGAmorons will cash their unemployment checks to see that gem.

 

[goOb]

The Aspinall fight is an 20-30 million offer. I think it could be the highest PPV of all time pending how they load up the card with other fighters.

 

[CannotWin]

Old alcoholic vs jobber, MAGAmorons will cash their unemployment checks to see that gem.

Rough election huh buddy?

 

[LostMyBlackBelt]

Rough election huh buddy?

Not that bad, I bet on Trump to win. So either way I would not feel too bad,

If Jon walks around MAGAville he might get lynched, as an older white guy I certainly will not. No Muslim ban for me, not gay, not Mexican. Trump's incompetence does not affect me much compared to the average American.
It might suck if his plan to cut social security for people with pensions goes through though.

 

[Alpha_T83]

Lol this again. Jones is pricing himself out of that fight. Stop being naive. He did the same with Francis.

For real. I can already see this dragging on for 6 months and then Jon Jones comes out and says "the money isn't there to fight Tom Aspinall". And eventually the UFC will be forced to strip Jones.

All the while Jones will be praying Aspinall gets hurt so he can schedule a fight against Pereira.

 

[Alpha_T83]

The Aspinall fight is an 20-30 million offer. I think it could be the highest PPV of all time pending how they load up the card with other fighters.

I doubt it. The UFC haven't released PPV numbers in a while but I'd be surprised if this fight does more than 1 million PPV buys.

I saw an estimate that if UFC 309 did 1 million PPV buys, then Jon Jones would get roughly $10-15 million. Can the UFC afford to pay him $30M for 1 million PPV buys?

 

[Fergelmince]

the UFC is about to sign a multi-billion dollar deal with Netflix. They'll pay Jones (and probably Aspinall) and everyone will get the fight they want.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Lol this again. Jones is pricing himself out of that fight. Stop being naive. He did the same with Francis.

Yep.

The weirder part is, Jon is not nearly as big of a star as he's made out to be.

Past PPV numbers have never really been spectacular with him headlining.

He's one of the more recognizable names due to being around so long, but even this recent promotion and revisionism the UFC has been doing with him looks forced.

Conor, as douchey as he may be, had way higher numbers than Picto. He was much bigger of a star.

It will be interesting to see how far the UFC wants to continue with Jones' demands and primadonna behavior.

 

[humdizzle]

yeah i think jones is intentionally pricing himself out, just like the francis fight.

he does deserve wilder / jake paul money. But he's hiding behind the fact the ufc will never pay him that.