According to the UFC, Jon Jones’ story about not being stripped of the promotion’s 205-pound title if he agreed to fight Anthony Johnson is untrue.
Jones claimed that he had the impression that if he were willing to fight Rumble Johnson as scheduled during his car accident controversy, UFC would have never stripped him of the title.
UFC disagrees. MMAFighting.com is reporting the following.
A UFC official told MMA Fighting that Jones’ claim is “100 percent inaccurate” and the decision to strip him of the title was made before a meeting between Jones and the organization ever took place. The official said that execs flew to Albuquerque to offer their support, as well as inform him of their decision to strip him of the belt face to face. The UFC official added that the organization stayed in close communication with Jones, his manager and his publicist throughout the legal process. Execs also flew down to Albuquerque the day of Jones’ plea hearing and attended the court proceedings.
You can hear Jones tell his side of the story here.
