Neither guy is afraid. It comes down to money. End of the day it comes to money.
“White
scoffed at that message when firing back at Jones’ demands for a bigger payday in order to make the Ngannou fight happen.
“Listen, I can sit here all day and tell you, what’s show me the money mean?” White said at the
UFC 260 post-fight press conference. “I tell you guys this all the time. You can say you want to fight somebody, but do you really want to?”
If Jon Jones really wants the fight, Jon Jones knows he can get the fight. All he’s got to do is call and do it. It’s easy to say you want the fight, but if you really want the fight, Francis Ngannou is the heavyweight champion of the world right now. All he’s got to do is pick up the phone and call [UFC EVP and Chief Business Officer] Hunter [Campbell] and we can get the deal done.”