It appears the UFC has the headliner for their annual UFC NY card ready to go.
On Saturday night, Jones and Miocic got into a war of words on the Internet which ended with Jones teasing the fact that he was going to fight in New York.
I lay low for a few weeks and then you convince yourself that I’m afraid of you. Ha whatever you need to tell yourself old timer https://t.co/O7MpfMs1d8
— BONY (@JonnyBones) April 16, 2023
How cool would it be to spend my retirement fight dominating the greatest heavyweight of all time, in my home state at Madison Square Garden?
— BONY (@JonnyBones) April 16, 2023
During the post-fight press conference at UFC Nashville, White confirmed that he was working on Jones vs Miocic in NY at Madison Square Garden.
Dana White says they would like to do Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic at MSG.#UFCKansasCity pic.twitter.com/wmKF2CQJ2W
— Jed I. Goodman © (@jedigoodman) April 16, 2023
“As far as I know everything is good and hopefully we have a fight with him and Stipe very soon,” and when asked about New York White confirmed“That’s where we’d like to do it.”
White also wanted reporters to know that there was no drama between Jones and the UFC after he said in an interview that he hadn’t heard from the UFC heavyweight champion since his last fight.
“That was totally blown out of proportion,” White said. “This is what you guys do. I say something, you blow it way out of proportion. I said all the built up and lead up to that fight, all this Jon Jones (coverage), then poof, he’s just gone.’ Then I don’t know what Stipe said, then it turns into f*cking drama. There’s no drama here.
“So I guess Jon’s back, huh? He doesn’t disappear anymore. It’s so f*cking easy to create drama in this sport, it’s f*cking insane.”
UFC NY usually takes place in November and it’s the location for some of the biggest fights in UFC history.
