UFC star Jon Jones blasts Dana White over Francis Ngannou 'bulls*t' lies

Jon Jones opened fire on Dana White after the UFC president slammed his light heavyweight champion for demanding an ‘absurd’ amount of money to fight Francis Ngannou.

Fight fans were hoping Jones would finally move up to heavyweight and the American had been beefing with Ngannou on social media for several weeks.

Jones revealed to fans talks about the showdown broke down when the UFC made it clear they weren’t willing to pay extra for him to jump up in weight.

White, however, blasted his fighter when quizzed by ESPN about why the heavyweight clash wasn’t happening.

‘It’s one thing to come out and say I want more money,’ White said.

‘The amount of money Jon Jones wanted — first of all, in the light heavyweight division, [a rematch] against Dominick Reyes is the fight that makes sense.

‘Is Jon Jones going to fight Francis Ngannou and then take a run at the heavyweight title? I don’t believe that.

‘He’s never wanted to move to heavyweight before.

‘For the amount of money he’s asking for, it’s not going to happen. He couldn’t be asking for a more absurd amount of money at a worse time.’

Jones quickly responded to White’s comments, firing back at the UFC president for ‘lying’ to the fans.

‘It’s interesting to just sit here and watch your boss lie to the camera like this,’ Jones said on Twitter.

‘We never discussed any increase in pay. Immediately the conversation was that I already made enough. I never made a number offer.

‘If you’re not going to change my contract for the heavyweight move, at least have the decency to be honest with the fans.

‘I was over the situation, but I’m not gonna sit back and allow Dana to lie to the fans. I never asked for an absurd amount of money. That’s bullsh*t. Absolute bullsh*t.

‘I’m not going to give up hope the way I’m taking this whole thing is UFC don’t want to budget the Jon Jones heavyweight move up right now.

‘They should’ve just said that, lying on me and saying I asked for too much it’s just unfair. That was unnecessary.

‘You already let me down a bit by shutting down this Francis mega fight, don’t add salt to the wound by telling the fans something that’s not the truth.

‘If you’re wondering, I’m not fighting with UFC. I’m not mad at Dana or beefing. Just surprised he went that route. I said my piece, I’m over it.’

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