Dana White blasts ‘bulls**t’ Jon Jones purse demand for Tom Aspinall fight after Joe Rogan spreads ‘fake’ UFC news
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DANA WHITE blasted Jon Jones' rumoured demands to face Tom Aspinall in a conversation with UFC commentator Joe Rogan. Former pound-for-pound king Jones demanded "f**k you money" to unify the heavweight titles against his interim counterpart after defending his belt against Stipe Miocic last November.
Rogan recently claimed that he'd heard a rumour that Jones was asking for a whopping £24MILLION ($30m) to throw down with the burly Brit. But he was quickly told what's what in a frank conversation with his good pal and UFC supremo White. During a recent episode of his podcast, he said: “I have to correct something because there was a conversation I had with Yannis Pappas and Chris Distefano.
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"We were talking about Jon Jones. I heard a rumor that Jon Jones wanted $30 million to fight Tom Aspinall. "I did hear that rumor and I did hear that the UFC said yes, but it is not true. "Dana contacted me, said that rumor is bulls**t. "So I felt obligated to tell everybody that was a fake rumor… [But] I don’t remember who told me that.".
White revealed late last year that negotiations over a mammoth unification fight between Jones and Aspinall are underway. BEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERS. And the veteran promoter is confident of delivering the bout MMA fans around the world are itching to see.
![[Dana White is confident of getting a deal fone for Jon Jones to fight Tom Aspinall]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/309-press-conference-theater-madison-949238341.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
