{"id":544401,"date":"2026-03-18T11:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/544401\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T11:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T11:44:10","slug":"former-ufc-bmf-champion-defends-jon-jones-amid-rough-dana-white-ufc-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/544401\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UFC BMF Champion Defends Jon Jones Amid Rough Dana White, UFC Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former UFC two-division champion Jon Jones continues to remain at odds with the promotion. <\/a>Whether it’s requesting his release,<\/a> letting a fight against Alex Pereira slip through his fingers <\/a>on several occasions, or otherwise, it is certainly a relationship that may be irreparably damaged.<\/p>\n

However, former UFC BMF champion Jorge Masvidal, who has successfully transitioned into the promotional side of combat sports with Gamebred Boxing and Dirty Boxing Championships, sees Jones’ point of view as a sport-wide issue.<\/p>\n

In a new YouTube video<\/a>, Masvidal discussed the topic at length, and gave an interesting, fighter-driven perspective that may be bigger than the sport entirely. In so many words, Masvidal said Jones is being severely undervalued and disrespected.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou want to see the guy get paid,\u201d Masvidal said. \u201cBut at the same time, there has been inconsistencies with Jon in the past and Dana, Jon having to pull out of fights and things like that for different reasons. So you can\u2019t blame the UFC. It\u2019s a business. They got to put the guys that they feel are going to sell the most tickets and be the most reliable.”<\/p>\n

Jorge Masvidall Calls For Jones-Pereira\"Jorge<\/p>\n

Mar 6, 2023; Miami, Florida, USA; American MMA fighter Jorge Masvidal attends the game between the Miami Heat and the Atlanta Hawks at Miami-Dade Arena. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Contrary to that belief, though, is Jones’ recognition. Largely considered one of the greatest MMA fighters ever, Masvidal said sidelining Jones, a version of him wants to compete, is simply not practical.<\/p>\n

\u201cPut him in a big fight. Let\u2019s use him,\u201d Masvidal said. \u201cI know obviously Jon has injuries now that have come to light and people are saying this and people are saying that, but it\u2019s still Jon Jones, man. When the lights turn on, and that cage door closes, he turns into a f****** winner. That\u2019s what he does, he wins.\u201d<\/p>\n

Masvidal said there really is nothing holding the promotion back from making the fight. The fans want to see regardless of when it happens. It just has to happen, he said passionately.<\/p>\n

Will Jones-Pereira Happen?\"Alex<\/p>\n

Chris Unger-Zuffa LL<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to see Jon Jones in there, but not just against anybody,\u201d Masvidal added. \u201cI want to see him against the biggest, baddest, best heavyweight possible. And let\u2019s make that fight happen. Let\u2019s give Jon Jones a paycheck he deserves before he rides out into the sunset. I think he\u2019s hinting at a couple of times about retirement. I just hope they can get the man what he deserves, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n

We’ll see if both sides can reconcile, but it seems more unlikely than not at this point in time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former UFC two-division champion Jon Jones continues to remain at odds with the promotion. Whether it’s requesting his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544402,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":["post-544401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mma","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-fighting","tag-mma","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}