March 12, 2023 7:40 pm ET
MMA followers all over the world desire a Jon Jones vs. Francis Ngannou matchup someday sooner or later, however in a method, UFC president Dana White thinks the world has already seen it.
Since Ngannou and the UFC officially parted ways, White has dismissed the possibility of a reunion between the 2 events. Friday in an interview with TMZ Sports, White expressed comparable sentiments – however added Jones would seemingly deal with Ngannou the best way he did Ciryl Gane at UFC 285.
“I’m not (in that combat),” White stated. “I attempted making that combat for 2 years. He didn’t need the combat. Are you aware what I imply? He didn’t need the combat. He left right here with out even having one other deal in place. And I understand how the boxing world is. It’s loopy. However Francis didn’t need to do it.
“I attempted to make that combat for 2 years, and let me inform you what. I believe plenty of different individuals really feel this fashion. I believe that’s precisely the best way the combat would’ve gone if (Ngannou) was in there, too. Him and Ciryl had a five-round war (at UFC 270 in January 2022). If Ciryl doesn’t go for that submission, Ciryl in all probability wins that combat on the finish of the fifth spherical there.” Jones, 35, returned from a three-year hiatus March 4 when he submitted Gane with a guillotine choke in 2:04 to win the heavyweight title vacated by Ngannou. After the combat, Ngannou backhandedly complimented Jones, to which Jones known as Ngannou “a big old p*ssy.”
