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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Pattle

Jon Jones and Dana White feud escalates with Tom Aspinall in surprise defence of rival

Jon Jones has made an impassioned plea to be released by the UFC, after he and the promotion’s president Dana Whites gave conflicting accounts on their “negotiations”.

On Saturday night, the UFC announced its fight card for an unprecedented event at the White House, which will take place on 14 June. And after the card was unveiled, White insisted Jones was never “remotely in my mind” to feature, despite Jones’s desperation to be involved.

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