Dana White responds to Jon Jones’ Claims about $15 million offer

Dana White has doubled down on his stance about Jon Jones
never being a part of the White House plan. 

Jones is not fighting at the
UFC White House card in June despite having tried for a spot
ever since the event was first mentioned. Jones recently claimed
that he was willing to fight Alex
Pereira for much less than he had demanded to fight Tom
Aspinall last year. However, the UFC was allegedly not willing
to offer more than $15 million to Jones, who didn’t think it was
enough.

“Was ready, willing and physically able to step in,” Jones wrote on
X. “I was willing to take substantially less than the Aspinall ask
but they wouldn’t budge one dollar over $15m. I felt like our fight
was worth more.”

No Way in Hell

White responded to Jones’ claims at the
UFC London post-fight press conference on Saturday. White
maintains that Jones was never a part of the plan for the White
House card.

“How many f—-ing times I gotta say this?” White said. “He was never fighting on the White House card…
There was no way in hell I was putting him on that card, no matter
what the money was. Jon Jones was
never gonna fight in the White House card.” 

Jones (28-1) kept the heavyweight division hanging for over a year,
while White kept promising fans that “Bones” would fight interim
champion Aspinall. However, Jones retired in June 2025 without
fighting Aspinall. Jones would return to the drug testing pool just
weeks later, after plans for the White House card were mentioned.
Jones kept rallying for a spot on the card, even pleading with
White. 

When Jones missed out, White claimed that he was never a part of
the plan. However, the former UFC double champ lashed out on social
media, hinting at lengthy negotiations with the promotion about
fighting at the White House. Jones has since called for his release
from the UFC.