John Jones has asked for his release now
before anybody gets all excited about
this this is one week after he declared
he would never go to the heavyweight
division six days after he said he would
go to the heavyweight division is for a
catchweight
and five days after he said he would
take on Francis and Ghana the biggest
heavyweight that there was four days
since he said he would walk away from
the championship for one to two years
three days since he's called out yon
blah Hovick and two days that he has
remained relatively silent so to take
John at his word would be that you're a
doofus but he is showing you some
emotion doesn't mean John's being
dishonest it just means he's a guy that
changes his mind a lot hmm a lot of us
can probably relate to that can't we
what John is elected to do is come out
after dana directly and David was asked
about the negotiations for John Jones
versus Francis and Ghana a fight that
they not only said they wanted to do a
fight that they publicly agreed to so
now you come in to Dana and Dana's
looking left and right going hey guys
this fight sounds a little bit fun we've
been interested in John sliding up to
heavyweight for a little bit of time
here we're looking for something to do
with Francis look we can do this if you
guys want to do this honorably which
means you both have a contract Francis
don't you even try you're gonna take on
a guy that you outweigh by sixty pound
you don't even try to make this a big
deal John you're taking on a bigger guy
be reasonable what do you talk about
here I mean the whole thing was done
aboveboard another two fighters thought
they were gonna pull a caper on
everybody in a time when a live gate has
greatly disappeared so you got a couple
of dum-dums but I mean you miss every
shot you don't take okay fine they took
a shot they got swatted away no big deal
Dana does an interview with Brett
Okimoto just to give you guys a timeline
Brett asks Dana about this
and Dana said yeah kind of a fun fight
but interested in John and heavyweight
for a while now but it got stopped
before it ever got started as far as the
negotiations he just wanted too much
money
he asked and this is a quote he could
not have picked a worse time to ask for
that amount of money
end quote okay so John fired back and
John's firing back not only was way way
out of line but it was also one of these
things of what are we fighting about
there's nothing to fight about you could
have asked for $1 more if it's the guy
that's writing the cheque decides that's
absurd
then it's absurd the guy you are asking
to write a cheque gets to decide if that
dollar amount is fair or not there is no
other judge well that word of absurd
really upset John that I didn't ask for
anything absurd that's a lie and I have
an obligation to not let you lie to the
fans John Jones as a man of integrity
has an obligation to the fans okay
right he was in handcuffs three weeks
ago he didn't have an obligation to
anybody he has an obligation to the fan
to set the record straight that it was
not an absurd ask well the problem with
that the person writing the check is the
one that gets to the side of it's absurd
or not so under poetic license
of course Dana's right but John had to
set this straight so
you couldn't let this go who cares they
have different opinions and the
decision-maker decided well no
decision-maker really don't like being
called a liar there's a lot of things
you can say about a guy you call a guy a
liar he's got to defend himself and so
Dana Tannen he came out said look what
do you want to do take lie-detector
tests you sent text messages I have this
in writing I'm not gonna release them
that's not what I do but there's also no
room for lack of clarity here it's in
writing regardless of what was said on
the phone call which nobody can prove or
disprove it may be a game of telephone
happened and maybe something's lost in
translation text messages are still here
John then declares release the text
messages what John if you're the one
that sent them you release some you've
got them you release them so you can
start to see where the wheels are
falling off the bus and now they're
fighting about very ridiculous things I
mean in all fairness but John goes
further he calls his boss by name hey
Athene liar he calls BS but he says the
whole two syllables all right I'm the
one shorted here for the family version
he then three messages later declares
that the NFL treats their athletes way
better and he has evidence which is his
brothers now of course he never breaks
down what he makes on a night versus
what they make on a night because he
would be making more a lot more the fact
that he only does two matches a year
versus their 16 games plus postseason
never factored in because he can't do
math but at any rate he then tells you
after calling his boss and epi liar and
asking for a release that if you don't
see it his way and this is a broad
statement to the masses you don't know
business
getting business sense from John Jones a
guy who has never signed the front of a
paycheck in his life would make you a
doofus oh and by the way the same guy
who thought it was good business to come
in with an idea that got swatted down
come back with another idea that got
swatted down and then publicly rebuked
his boss and asked for a release for the
reason that he's sure and I quote some
other promoter out there would be happy
to pick me up well you probably right
John
I'm a promoter out there just by example
I would pick you up but now that I know
what you're worth and I know you can't
go back and get it I'm sure as hell not
bidding against myself which John is how
business works