Dana White: Jon Jones needs to take this more seriously
Posted on September 21, 2012, 07:55 PM by Mike DrahotaLight Heavyweight champion has dominated the news recently. He came out and said that he was unaware that UFC 151 would be cancelled were he to turn down the proposed fight with Chael Sonnen when Dan henderson was injured. Today, however, UFC President Dana White spoke up at the UFC 152 weigh-ins to disparage this statement. White, always strong in his convictions, had the following to say via MMAFighting.com:
"I'm actually glad that he did say that. I don't think he would have said that if I was there. So today we're going to be face-to-face and we'll see what he says and he doesn't say. The fact that he said he didn't know the show would be canceled is false. I did tell him the show would be canceled."I think he takes this thing, or is acting like he's taking it, lightly, which he shouldn't be.The fact that the fight was canceled isn't a joke. It's not funny and a lot of people were affected by it. There was a lot of collateral damage that happened with the cancelling of the show. We'll see how this goes."
Strong words from the strong-willed President. He believes that Jones may be taking the whole situation with a grain of salt when the circumstances call for anything but. As with any touchy situation, it would seem that the truth obviously lies somewhere in between. But time for dicussion has passed, and the fans already view Jon Jones in a very negative light:
"I think he needs to take it a little more serious than he is. I don't know if he's embarrassed. Obviously the fans have turned on him, but I think he needs to take this thing a little more serious than he did."
White is apparently not pleased with the words of his champion, who said that he would forgive his boss even though he never received an apology from him. The drama of this saga has been played out, yet it continues as more and more details develop. Who deserves the apology, if anyone?
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Besides his skill set, I honestly don't see how anyone could like Jon Jones. He reminds me of one of those YOLO swag fags and new age hipsters combined.
Yes if you think you have "swag" you are a douche bag.
Dana should let Jones focus on his upcoming fight; there's no point in belaboring the same grievances and insults on him. He made a mistake and he's certainly learned his lessons...So, give him a break!
Don't see where all the hatred is coming from Hunter but people who needlessly hate on others are usually douches as well
I gave you a funny Keith.
We all know Hunter is a douche but let's leave him alone...he has a smelly vagina to take care of.
You ****ers make your own comments. Don't reply irrelevance to mine so that your comment is bumped to the top.
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Get that shit out of here!
to be honest Jones should just keep his mouth shut every time he opens it he says something that is ammo for the press or it comes out phucked up if he means to or not.. like the shti he said the other night joking or not he was being ****y and looked like a **** just shut up fight let it pass,..stop getting dragged into it when he says something Dana is Prez. he is going to respond he is the boss you shut up and u let it pass just like any other job.,, just think he has became full of himself and his camp encourages it
Here's my 2 cents...up to front of the line!!!
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Stop pushing so hard or you're going to see the "collateral damage" you speak of when Jones and some other teammates over @ Greg Jacksons Boycott you and take their talents to Bellator. Seriously, I know that Bellator can't pay what the UFC does AS OF NOW, But with there constantly improving roster and some nice UFC fighters jumping ship they absolutely could make a run of things. I understand Dana has the power, but eventually when u push that hard the other person moves out of the way and you fall on your face. Kinda like the presser they had, Jones called out Dana's card and I think DW isn't taking it well.
SOTS- Bellator (or anybody else) doesn't have to offer guaranteed money. All they have to offer is a high enough percentage of profits.
I rated this "funny" because this guy is being serious. Evan this will not happen.
Bellator is run by a scumbag lawyer who seems more interested in shafting fighters with legal gimmickry than putting on good fights. I don't think they're going to give the UFC a run for their money anytime soon.
"shafting fighters with legal gimmickry"
You mean like a champion's clause?
@Evan: I mean the kind of gimmickry that saw them trying to match people's contracts after signing them to the organization, keeping 'em on the shelf and then cutting them. Just look at the issues a guy like Tyson Nam is having, all because he had the temerity to KTFO Bellator's champion. They have all the energy in the world to pursue legal shenanigans like that, but making common sense matchups like Alvarez-Chandler seems to not be a priority. And as far as paying fighters an appropriate wage is concerned, the fact that their heavyweight champ decided that selling agricultural goods was a better career path should tell you all you need to know.
It's a matching period. Pretty much every big organization has one. The only reason Tyson Nam got the opportunity to fight Dantas in the first place was because Sam Caplan (Bellator's match maker) knew that he had been sat on the shelf for too long. Any organization would try to protect an asset that Nam became after knocking out Eduardo. This isn't something out of the ordinary. The UFC did something extremely similar in 2004 when they tried to keep BJ from fighting in other organizations after upsetting Matt Hughes.
The reason Konrad left wasn't because of money. He just wasn't as in to fighting as others have been. If it was so much a bout money then he probably wouldn't have made a point to say if he does come back, he'll still be fighting for Bellator.
Probably not, and I hope not. The best fighters spread across two promotions again would be hella annoying.
However, acting like its a foregone conclusion that fighters won't get fed up with Dana's tactics at some point and do something about it is inaccurate also IMO.
Anyone who leaves the UFC loses. Financially and in popularity. The UFC is a behemoth which will march on regardless. Only a fighters union will stop that.
technically you don't need a fighters union, all you need is a few top fighters to get fed up talk amongst themselves and jump ship at the same time, the top fighters are paid enough that they could live on a lower organization pay, especially when if multiple of them jumped the other show would profit and they'd gain their pay back. You have to think they could find enough fighters who want better pay or just dislike Dana, I'm not saying it will happen or should happen. All I was saying was when you push to hard eventually something happens. To see your boss bash 1 of the sports biggest stars over their own mistake it must make you wonder how much he cares about the fighters and it could cause a stir. @hunterB I don't seriously think it WILL happen, I played a scenario that COULD happen. I'm laughing at your inability to see the difference.
johndo- A lot of truth in that.
erm.........ok
This situation could go a few ways, but if both are strong enough in their convictions (Jones asserting his leverage, and Dana trying to enforce Zuffa's power), MMA could be heading for a "Curt Flood" type moment.
If JJ had listened to Dana, taken the Sonnen fight with only a few days prep, it becomes a big roll of the dice, All risk, little reward for fighting a guy Silva handled.
And if JJ got beat, it could have cost him millions and millions in lost revenue, not to mention derailing the career of one of the fastest rising champions ever.
I think Jones should start listening to Dana's advice about how to be the Champ when Dana starts letting his fighters tell him what to do as far as, let's say.....setting fight payout's.
at the end of the day dana has only himself to blame for the cancellation he is the boss and ultimately the responsibility is his. despite whether you like jones or not he is just a fighter he has very little control over anything. dana has went on record for years about boxing ppv's having only 1 good fight on the card and how the ufc's cards are stacked top to bottom if this is true why cancel the whole card. man up dana you tried to pass a shiot card of on us and when your money maker failed you flaked and found a scapegoat
Let Jones focus on his fight. They should have met up prior to this event and hashed shit out. When the promoter is as big a story line as the fight then there is a problem. Don King....
Dick with ears
What fans have turned on Jon Bones Jones Dana... Oooh, You mean the haters... Those have always been there.. Just looking for another reason to hate...... The only one who is to blame for UFC 151 cancellation is Dana White...
That was exactly what I was going to write. To blame the canceling of an entire event on 1 fighter is silly, they are not even suppose to have that kind of power.
When Tito Ortiz retired, jones put his hand up to be the next official dumb fuk
No. Dana White decided Jones would be the new heel the dumb fuks love to hate.