UFC President Dana White knows where and where the UFC brass of Jon Jones vs. Stipe Musick is targeting.
Jones recently unleashed fight fans on social media when he mocked a retirement fight against Musicik inside New York City’s Madison Square Garden. After the UFC Fight Night event in Kansas City, White confirmed to reporters that MSG is the planned venue for Jones vs. Miocic, but it’s not a lock (h/t) MMAJunkie).
“As far as I know everything is fine and I hope we fight with him and Stipe very soon,” White told MMA Junkie and other UFC reporters on ESPN 44 in a post-fight press conference. “This is where we like to do it.”
White also blamed members of the media for spinning his quote about not having much contact with Jon Jones to make it look like they had beef.
“This was completely overdone,” White said. “That’s what you guys do. I’m saying something, you’re screwing it out of proportion. I said everything that built up and led up to that fight, all this coverage of Jon Jones, and then poof, he’s just gone. Then I don’t know what Step said. Then he turns To an exciting drama.No drama here.
“So I guess John’s back, right? He just doesn’t disappear anymore. It’s so easy to create drama in this sport, it’s crazy.”
Jones competed in professional MMA competition for the first time in three years when he met Cyril Jean for the vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship in March. Bones wasted little time getting Gene to the carpet and submitting him via the guillotine choke.
Miocic hasn’t stepped inside the Octagon since his devastating knockout loss to Francis Ngannou in his March 2021 rematch. He hasn’t had a non-title fight since January 2016, when he defeated Andrei Arlovski via first-round TKO.