Dana White hits back at Jon Jones’ ‘piece of meat’ comment – UFC News
President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship Dana White was in rage when he heard about Jon Jones’ recent comment about feeling like a ‘piece of meat’ following White’s UFC 151’s final comments. White lashed out at Jones, saying the UFC made him a millionaire
and that he wonders how the ‘piece of meat’ was feeling back then.
“I wonder how the piece of meat was feeling when we bought him the Bentley? I don’t know. That statement right there drives me insane,” said White in an interview with Jim Rome. “A year-and-a-half ago nobody knew who Jon Jones was. Now the kid’s a multi-millionaire,
he’s got this, that… a piece of meat? Let me tell you what, I know some people who are in some jobs that feel like a piece of meat. Jon Jones is far from being one of them.”
White was furious to know that Jon Jones claimed to feel like a ‘piece of meat’ following UFC 151’s aftermath. Surely, White had some harsh words for Jones at UFC 151’s cancellation conference but for some reason he was not expecting the light heavyweight
champion to strike back.
At the press conference while announcing UFC 151’s cancellation, Dana White said he felt disgusted with Jon Jones’ rejection of fighting against Chael Sonnen. For White, it was the first time in his 11-year-career that he had to cancel an event. According
to him, Jon Jones played selfish and due to him many other undercard fighters suffered.
On the other hand, Jones believes it was not his mistake, as he only tried to protect himself by not fighting an opponent was not ready for. Jones asserts the man at mistake was Dan Henderson who did not inform the UFC in due time regarding his injury.
Jones was scheduled to fight Dan Henderson at UFC 151 but due to a leg injury, he backed out just eight days prior to the event. In order to save the card, White immediately replaced Henderson with Chael Sonnen but Jones refused to fight the ‘American Gangster’,
saying he would not change opponents at the eleventh hour.
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