Dana (center) revealed that Jones (left) has avoided fighting Gustafsson (right). Photo: Josh Hedges/UFC
Taken for granted by Ultimate right after the victories of Alexander Gustafson about Jimi Manuwa and Jon Jones about Glover Teixeira, the rematch between the Swede and the North American may not be that close to happening. And the person responsible for the difficulties encountered in confirming the reissue of the “2013 Fight of the Year” is precisely the champion. The person who revealed the information was UFC president Dana White himself, who stated that Jones has been against a possible new duel against Gustafsson and has even suggested that his next opponent be Daniel Cormier.
“Just to clarify a few things, people think we are in the middle of a contract negotiation with Jon Jones. We are not! Jon Jones He still has five fights left on his contract. So what we're doing now is trying to get him to sign the contract for the fight against Gustafsson. He doesn't want to fight Gustafsson. Lorenzo (Feritta, UFC CEO) and I had a meeting with Jones last Thursday to get him to sign the agreement for this fight, and instead he asked (Daniel) Cormier”, revealed the director in interview with the weekly interview block “The Download”, on the official UFC website.
Recently, the very Daniel Cormier volunteered for combat, but against Alexander Gustafson. In an interview with the website “Sports World News”, DC stated that, if Jon Jones If he doesn't agree with Ultimate, he would be willing to face the Swede for the interim belt in the light heavyweight category. But the organization's plans are for Gustafsson and Jones to face each other in the main fight of UFC 177, on August 30, in Las Vegas (USA). The fight would take place just under a year after the first duel, held on September 14, 2013, in Canada.
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