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Jon Jones became the UFC Heavyweight Champion after scoring a first round submission victory over Ciryl Gane in the main event of UFC 285.
UFC President Dana White believes that if former UFC Heavyweight Champion Francis Ngannou had fought Jones instead of Gane, it would’ve ended the same way it did between Jones and Gane at UFC 285.
“I’m not interested (in that fight),” White said to TMZ Sports (transcript via Nolan King of MMA Junkie). “I tried making that fight for two years. He didn’t want the fight. Do you know what I mean? He didn’t want the fight. He left here without even having another deal in place. And I know how the boxing world is. It’s crazy. But Francis didn’t want to do it.
“I tried to make that fight for two years, and let me tell you what. I think a lot of other people feel this way. I think that’s exactly the way the fight would’ve gone if (Ngannou) was in there, too. Him and Ciryl had a five-round war (at UFC 270 in January 2022). If Ciryl doesn’t go for that submission, Ciryl probably wins that fight at the end of the fifth round there.”
Ngannou left the UFC earlier this year and relinquished his UFC Heavyweight Title in the process, he has yet to sign with any boxing and/or MMA promotion at this time.
