Demetrious Johnson thinks if Jon Jones needs $30 million to struggle Tom Aspinall, they need to give him $30 million.
After defeating Stipe Miocic in his first heavyweight title protection at UFC 309, Dana White was assured that he’d have the ability to work out a deal to deliver followers a long-awaited unification conflict between ‘Bones’ and Aspinall, the present interim heavyweight champion.
4 months later, it seems that talks have fully stalled out with Aspinall inserting the blame squarely on Jon Jones. Curiously, Aspinall’s feedback got here only a few brief weeks after rumors began to fly that Jones was holding out for a large $30 million payday to signal on the dotted line.
Demetrious Johnson throws some shade on the UFC
White has since tried to debunk the rumor, however ‘Mighty Mouse’ thinks the previous mild heavyweight king has greater than earned himself an eight-figure struggle.
And, in fact, the UFC is greater than outfitted to present ‘Bones’ a fats stack of money contemplating the group cleared effectively over a billion {dollars} in income final 12 months.
“The company wants something from Jon Jones,” Johnson mentioned on the JAXXON Podcast with Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson. They need Tom Aspinall to struggle Jon Jones. Jon Jones says, ‘I would like $30 million. Can you guys pay me—yes or no?’‘No, Jon Jones, we can’t pay you.’ Excellent—the struggle doesn’t even occur. The UFC made $1.4 billion, and this man is asking for $30 million… Pay the person $30 million and name it good.”
Whether or not or not there’s any fact to the $30 million determine is unsure. Regardless, the UFC is unlikely to pay such a hefty sum for Jones vs. Aspinall. Particularly once they wouldn’t fork over that sort of money for Jones vs. Ngannou only a few brief years in the past.
