Tyson Fury supplied UFC contract battle as Dana White names first opponent

Tyson Fury has been supplied the possibility to face Jon Jones in UFC by Dana White. The proposal comes after Tyson and Jones have been the subject of a confrontation final week, following debates round who out of the 2 fighters would prevail in a avenue battle.

When UFC commentator Joe Rogan claimed that MMA fighter Jones would comfortably beat up heavyweight boxing champ Fury, the Englishman posted an indignant rant on Instagram affected by industrial language.

Despite the tirade from Fury, he took again most of what he stated after Jones addressed the scenario and as an alternative challenged the UFC fighter to a boxing match.

UFC president White was requested concerning the scenario when interviewed by BroBible. He stated: “Jon Jones is the baddest dude on the planet, there’s no debate, there’s no denying it.

“There’s no debate. I don’t care what anyone says, everybody can try to spin it, a lot of this stuff is clickbait. You know how I am. If Tyson Fury really wants to fight Jon Jones in the UFC, I will make it happen.

“Tyson, if you’re serious, let me know. Tyson and I have a good relationship, I like Tyson Fury… Let’s find out. We can talk all we want. Tyson can talk, Jon Jones can talk, I can talk, we can all talk, let’s do it.”

The probabilities of Fury briefly switching from boxing to UFC appear fairly unlikely, but when he did, it might not be the primary time {that a} skilled boxer and UFC have gone head-to-head.

White was concerned within the 2017 groundbreaking occasion when boxing champion Floyd Mayweather confronted UFC champion Conor McGregor in a boxing match that generated over 4 million pay-per-view gross sales.

All-time nice Mayweather ultimately gained the battle, contested in his personal specialised sport, however solely after 10 rounds.

Speaking concerning the pioneering occasion throughout the identical interview with BroBible, White stated: “If Tyson is serious and he wants to do it, I got Floyd Mayweather to fight. We paid Floyd and got him the number he wanted. If Tyson Fury is serious and he wants to fight Jon Jones in the UFC, let’s start talking.”

Fury has not appeared within the ring since beating Derek Chisora to defend his WBC heavyweight world championship belt in December 2022, however there are hopes that he might face Oleksandr Usyk in Saudi Arabia earlier than the tip of the 12 months.

Jon Jones lately took the UFC heavyweight championship title after a first-round submission win in opposition to Ciryl Gane and ‘Bones’ is predicted to defend his belt in opposition to Stipe Miocic within the coming months.