“It Doesn’t Even Make Sense” – Dana White Ruthlessly Shuts Down Jon Jones for Claiming Stipe Miocic Is Backing Out of UFC 290

Jon Jones coming back to the UFC with a fantastic win against Ciryl Gane left fans wondering about his next fight. There aren’t a lot of fighters who can go against Jones. Francis Ngannou has left the UFC. Gane has just been tormented and no other fighter seems like a good match, but there is one guy that even Jon Jones wanted to fight. Stipe Miocic has earned a few championships and a lot of respect from fans and experts. Critics, commentators, and media widely regard the 40-year-old Miocic as the greatest UFC heavyweight fighter of all time.

As weeks passed by, it has been only clearer that Jon Jones will fight Stipe Miocic next. The war of words started. While Jon Jones suggested Miocic leave his job as a firefighter to focus on his preparations for facing Jon Jones, Miocic didn’t back down and reminded Jones how he had achieved all he had working as a firefighter. Recently, Jon Jones accused Miocic of dodging him last year. ‘The Silencer’ had a short and sweet response. He tweeted, “See you in July.” UFC President Dana White has now rubbished Jon Jones’ claims that Miocic dodged him.

Dana White has respect for Stipe Miocic

A reporter asked Dana White about the ongoing twitter war between Jones and Miocic. Dana White seemed unaware of the situation. When the reporter explained Dana White crushed all claims from Jon Jones. He said, “Stipe’s never tried to get out of anything ever, you know, this guy is looked at as the greatest or one of the greatest heavyweights of all time and uh yeah no I don’t think steepe’s trying to get out. The thing you have to understand for some of these guys when they get to the level of a Jones a McGregor a Stipe, stipe’s done it all. He’s made tons of money plus he has a job, and you know in Ohio you know he’s got babies.”

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Dana further said that the Jon Jones fight is arguably the biggest fight of Miocic’s life. Dana added, “He’s you know, these guys have stuff going on so it’s never a matter of oh he’s trying to get out of something’s been fighting his whole life who’s he trying to hide from what’s you know what I mean it doesn’t even make sense plus this will be if not the biggest one of the biggest fights of his life so.”

Stipe Miocic has had a great career

Miocic made his UFC debut on October 8, 2011, and won his first three fights before suffering his first loss to Stefan Struve in September 2012. He rebounded from the loss of four straight wins, including victories over Roy Nelson and Gabriel Gonzaga. Miocic then faced off against Fabricio Werdum for the UFC heavyweight championship at UFC 198 in May 2016. Miocic won the fight via knockout in the first round to become the new heavyweight champion.

He successfully defended his title against Alistair Overeem, Junior dos Santos, Francis Ngannou, and Daniel Cormier. Miocic lost the championship to Cormier in July 2018 but regained it in a rematch in August 2019. He then defended the title against Cormier in a trilogy fight in August 2020, winning by unanimous decision. He is currently sitting on a career record of 20 wins and 4 losses. Do you think ‘The Silencer’ can stop Jon Jones? Let us know.

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