Dana White is sticking to his weapons when it involves the proposed heavyweight title bout between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic.
The pair, in most cases conception of as the sunshine heavyweight and heavyweight warring parties (respectively) within the organisation’s historical previous, were scheduled to fight excellent November in Original York sooner than a pectoral damage sustained by Jones in preparation forced the cancellation of the bout. As a substitute, England’s Tom Aspinall stepped up on immediate gape to defeat Russian powerhouse Sergei Pavlovich to explain the intervening time heavyweight title — and, as many assumed, a ticket to an undisputed heavyweight title opportunity.
As a substitute, the UFC brass dangle maintained route for a Jones-Miocic title bout without reference to them combining for correct two fights in some unspecified time in the future of the previous four year, whereas Aspinall defended his intervening time crown against Curtis Blaydes earlier this summer.
Nonetheless talking to the media Tuesday in Las Vegas (together with The Mac Lifestyles), White defended the UFC’s plans to protect the Jones-Miocic contest.
“A man who is checked out as the supreme heavyweight within the UFC, this fight is determined up, Jon Jones gets damage, it’s no longer his fault,” White stated, as eminent by MMA Fighting. “He has to support and return into f*cking coaching camp one more time. He became coaching. So cease I correct yank it a long way from Stipe and teach depart f*ck yourself and take a seat on the sidelines for 2 more years?
“If I did that, you guys could per chance well be love, ‘Oh, you f*cking disrespected the supreme heavyweight ever!’ and so would the f*cking followers. So I need to correct shit on Stipe because Jon got damage and no longer make the fight that he became already speculated to fight?”
White additionally took honest at solutions from the media that they need to switch on from Miocic towards the Aspinall bout.
“I even dangle two legends of the sport that wished to fight every diversified,” he explained. “These guys are lined up, one guy gets damage, and here’s the fight that they both need. What cease you cease? You don’t display the fellows the glory? I guarantee you this, if Stipe wins, Stipe goes to retire. This will likely be Stipe’s excellent fight.
“So are you, the media, telling me I need to correct explain Stipe to f*ck off? ‘Horny luck to you Stipe, trudge off into the sundown, depart fight some fires and that’s a wrap for you buddy, because Jon got damage.’ Or cease I display this guy the glory that I need to display him and give them both the fight that they wish? That’s the self-discipline I’m in.
“Aspinall’s a young, badass dude,” White added. “He’s got quite loads of time. These guys are going to fight in November and he’ll fight Jon Jones if he wins, I nearly guarantee you that. And if Stipe wins, we’ll pick out what’s next for Aspinall.”
