The timeline of Jon Jones refusing to fight Ngannou
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Honestly this fight was pay them money they can't refuse.
Was Jones scared? Yes
Would jones have taken if the money was a lot better than he was getting? Yes
Dana and Co have cucked us out of some of thr greatest fights possible, this is just another one of them.
Was Jones scared? Yes
Would jones have taken if the money was a lot better than he was getting? Yes
Dana and Co have cucked us out of some of thr greatest fights possible, this is just another one of them.
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The HW division has turned into a boxing-esque clusterfuck. The three most important HWs are probably never going to fight each other.
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Jones was terrified. I mean look what happened when he fought the #1 guy that went 5 rounds with Francis his last fight in the UFC before he quit!
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It depends on what you refer to as ducking. I don't think you can duck a guy when you aren't even in that weight class yet, I will say he did not want to fight him tho. He's ducking Aspinall hard and imo he only took the Gane fight because it seemed very winnable to him. He's strategically licking fights he thinks he will win like GSP did with Bisping.
He's ducking Aspinall because Jon has the belt and Aspinall is the interim champ yet Jones refused to fight him so in that sense it's ducking imo.
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The only Heavyweight without KO power that got outwrestled by Ngannou. Ngannou and Gane are completely different fighters, Gane is a very good striker but doesn't have the strength or KO power of Ngannou. Gane needs to tee off on guys in order to get a TKO, Ngannou has the touch of death. Did Jones demand 30 million for Gane?
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So Francis one tool to beat jones was to punch him to beat him?
and jones was afraid of guy whos only tool is to,,punch?
How and why would Jones ask $30 million for the #1 Gane. Gane had 2 PPV his entire career. huh?
Its the same reason he likely has no interest in Aspiral, they guys are relative unknowns and the farthest things from superfights
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Francis QUIT the UFC instead of fighting JonesThere are certain posters trying to spin the narrative about who was ducking who. I remember this time period so I compiled the news that came out about these negotiations and there's a documented 2 and a half years of Jon Jones refusing to fight Ngannou.
5/29/2020 - Jones is asking for Deontay Wilder money (30 million) to fight Ngannou
Dana White: Jon Jones wanted Deontay Wilder money for heavyweight fight with Francis Ngannou
Dana White continued to levy allegations against Jon Jones regarding their negotiations for a potential heavyweight showdown with Francis Ngannou.www.mmafighting.com
3/27/2021 - Dana says Jones should go to middleweight and doesn't really want to fight Ngannou
Old video resurfaces of Dana White telling Jon Jones to avoid Francis Ngannou
Dana White once told Jon Jones to do something drastic to avoid Francis Ngannoubloodyelbow.com
3/29/2021 - Jones begs to be cut, goes on a rant against the UFC
Jon Jones asks for UFC release: 'Please just cut me already'
One day after saying there was \mmajunkie.usatoday.com
3/31/2021 - Jones says he met with Hunter to negotiate and told him 10 million is way too low to fight Ngannou
8/8/2021 - Dana isn't even thinking about Jones, he won't be back until 2022
Dana White ‘not even thinking’ about Jon Jones until 2022, unsure what’s next for Stipe Miocic
Dana White addresses Jon Jones’ future as well as Stipe Miocic as they are stuck on the outside looking in while Ciryl Gane prepares to unify the heavyweight title with Francis Ngannou next.
10/21/2022 - Dana says Jones isn't available won't be coming back until 2023
Dana White ends Jon Jones 2022 comeback
Is Jon Jones returning to UFC? Promotion president Dana White claims "Bones" won’t be ready to compete until spring of 2023, ending any talk of a UFC 282 comeback.www.mmamania.com
Now maybe you believe Jones deserved 30 million for that fight and was right to sit out. But don't twist the narrative.
He explains WHY
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Ngannou is not and never was a massive draw either lol. His ppv fights did 300k, 350k and 500k with the 500k being the Stipe rematch. He asked for the money because of the potential that Ngannou would sleep him, he intentionally asked for a ridiculous amount knowing he wouldn't get it.
You think Jones would have entered the cage against Gane if he had a wrecked knee? He almost pulled out on fight night because the commission wanted him to remove his toe tape.
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you made that up. Jones was never offered that fight
And I reject the notion Jones didn't want to fight francis. I dont thinkt hat is true at all and I don't think you have any reasonable way to prove it. Francis is the only non agreeing party because he didn't get what he wanted from the UFC he had to go elsewhere
What do you think would happen to Reyes, Gus, Santos if they fought Francis?
Or Smith, OSP? Rashad? yeah thats what i thought
Santa Clause isnt real, sorry if you didnt know
Doing Turinabol fighting midgets is not very impressive xD
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Well if Francis fought them and they were weighing 220lbs it wouldnt be a fair fight
If any of them bulked up, theyre ALL superior fighters to Francis. Francis has ONE tool, his left hand.
In his prime Rashad walked through HW TUF, knocking out 260lbs HWs.
DC NEVER lost a round at HW prior to fighting to Jones
But yeah, all midgets..
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Francis is the one who ran scared from the company and the entire sport of MMA.
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Not even Jon Jones UFC superfights match Francis Ngannou’s current pay
Sorry, Dana! The UFC’s offer to Ngannou only comes close to touching his boxing and PFL pay with the help of two hypothetical bouts against Jon Jones.
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ATT i didn't care, Francis was basically erasing the belt's linearity so fuck him and Jones was coming from a couple of lackuster performances against the worst fighters he'd ever fought but now with the circus he's putting just to have "hw champ" in his resume i say that the pos was scared of Ngannou as he's scared of Tom now.
fuck him and who support this shit.
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Tom and Francis must fight for the shot against Boney Jon Da GOATY
