offering himself up<\/a> as the opponent. Will it happen?<\/p>\n\u201cWho knows? That\u2019s part of the fun,\u201d Rogan said in the latest episode of his podcast. \u201cHe\u2019s doing a little pool hustling, that\u2019s what he\u2019s doing. Jon thinks that he\u2019s fighting in June, he\u2019s already in camp \u2026 Jon really thinks he\u2019s going to fight Alex Pereira. He\u2019s getting ready. He\u2019s at least getting ready in his mind.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c[The Tom Aspinall ship] hasn\u2019t sailed,\u201d he added. \u201cBut the big money fight is Alex [Pereira] vs. Jon Jones at the White House. Are you f–king kidding me?\u201d<\/p>\n
As usual, Rogan had a couple of crazy ideas on how the fight could be made that go against all the UFC\u2019s established norms over the years.<\/p>\n
\u201cCatchweight. Make it 225,\u201d he suggested. \u201cAlex still is the light heavyweight champion. Make it a catchweight fight. It don\u2019t have to be for a title. Make it the Bad Motherf–ker upper edition. You have the BMF belt for 155ers. Who\u2019s the real BMF? Do you think one of those guys could beat Alex Pereira? You think you\u2019d get a 155 pounder in there against Alex Pereira? Does Max Holloway survive against Alex Pereira? No. Shut the f–k up. That\u2019s the bad motherf–ker.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Jon Jones vs. Alex Pereira fight would probably be the biggest fight in human history. In MMA. You\u2019ve got the greatest of all time in Jon Jones and arguably the most destructive striker that\u2019s ever competed. No one\u2019s like that guy.\u201d<\/p>\n
UFC CEO Dana White has repeatedly said he can\u2019t rely on Jones<\/a> to headline the White House card after all the last-minute withdrawals and trouble Jones has caused the promotion over the years. But with pressure on the promotion to deliver for Paramount CBS, who knows what could develop in 2026? Maybe the UFC will loosen their grip on the leash a little and let two of their biggest stars fight. It\u2019s right there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan doesn\u2019t know whether Jon Jones vs. Alex Pereira will come together, but he does know it\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[570],"tags":[64,63,786,785,85,1396],"class_list":{"0":"post-225307","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-ufc-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}