Jon Jones has the support of a former UFC CFO in his battle for a release from his contract with the promotion.
The legendary two-weight world champion was left heartbroken when the UFC White House card was announced without him on it. And he was further irked when Dana White doubled down on his claim that there was never any probability that he would fight on the historic show.
Jones has since asked for his release, and Most Invaluable Promotions co-founder Nakisa Bidarian has called on the UFC to grant it in a tongue-in-cheek tweet.
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Nakisa Bidarian believes UFC should grant Jon Jones his release
After reading Jon Jones’ lengthy statement, former UFC CFO and Most Invaluable Promotions co-founder Nakisa Bidarian took to X to offer his thoughts. Only a few know the business higher, and later today Bidarian and his business partner Jake Paul will launch their first MMA event in Los Angeles.
They are going to placed on Ronda Rousey’s return to the cage against fellow legend Gina Carano on the Intuit Dome on May 16, which shall be broadcast on Netflix. Their co-main event will feature lineal heavyweight champion Francis Ngannou’s return against Phillipe Lins.
And it’s likely that the prospect of them finally having the ability to match Ngannou and Jones shall be one among the large aspects within the UFC not allowing their best fighter of all time to go away his deal. For years, the UFC tried to make that super-fight but different issues got in the best way
In a tweet viewed over 178,000 times, Bidarian cheekily wrote: “UFC should release Jon Jones. He’s done. Bad hip. Let him go make just a few dollars some place else along with his bad hip. Only fair for a man who has given his whole profession to 1 organization but now clear he is just not fit enough to compete for them.”
The hip comment is in relation to White’s multiple mentions that Jones has arthritis, which was revealed in a covert recording earlier this 12 months. Nonetheless, Jones in his statement insisted that he was getting stem cell treatment to assist with the pain with the intention to fight over again.