LAS VEGAS – Dana White is not backing down from his claims. After Friday’s UFC on ESPN 9 weigh-ins and faceoffs in Las Vegas, the UFC president refuted recent accusations made by light heavyweight champion Jon Jones. Jones, who’s considered one of the greatest fighters in the history of the sport, said White’s comments claiming he wanted an big pay raise for a potential heavyweight bout with Francis Ngannou were simply not true and that figures were never talked about. White said otherwise. “It’s fun working out in the gym in the morning seeing tweets from Jon Jones saying I’m lying,” White told MMA Junkie.
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