Dana says Jon Jones will no longer headline a UFC event

According to White (right), Jones (left) will no longer headline a UFC card Photo: Disclosure

The last few days have not been easy for Jon Jones. After being suspended for one year for having been caught in a surprise doping test and having been stripped of the post of interim light heavyweight champion, now it was the turn of Dana White, president of the UFC, to announce that until Jones presents a radical change in his behavior, he will never headline a UFC event again.

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“I will never run the risk of putting the Jon Jones headlining an event again. I put him on the card. But I wouldn't put him in the main event until he has a consistent changeup. Millions of dollars are spent and for a card to fall... how many cards were not damaged because the Jon Jones Did you get into any trouble? So, I'm not ready to do that yet”, declared Dana, in an interview with the radio program 'Siriux XM' (USA).

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Jones' punishment was announced last Monday (7), and refers to a surprise anti-doping test carried out in July this year, shortly before his fight at UFC 200, against Daniel Cormier. Two days later, on Wednesday (9), Dana White himself announced that Ultimate had removed the interim light heavyweight belt from Jon Jones.

This was the second time that Jones has had his division belt taken away after situations outside the octagon. The first occurred in April 2015, when he was involved in a car accident and fled without helping the victim, a pregnant woman.

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