Jon Jones hopes to end UFC contract for Francis Ngannou fight

Jon
Jones is interested in fighting Francis
Ngannou under the
Most Valuable Promotions banner. 

Ngannou fought Philipe
Lins at
Most Valuable Promotions “Rousey vs. Carano” on Saturday at the
Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, California. Ngannou put on a one-sided
beating on Lins before knocking him out cold late in the first
round. 

Jones, who was attending the event, expressed interest in a future
matchup against Ngannou. However, Jones believes the hardest part
of making that fight happen will be getting out of his existing UFC
contract. Since Dana White is unlikely to sign Ngannou to the

UFC again, Jones sees MVP as the only promotion to make that
fight.

“I’ve got to try to focus on getting out of my UFC contract,” Jones
said during an interview on the Netflix broadcast . “That’s going
to be the difficult part if this fight is going to happen. I don’t
think Dana is interested in doing business with Francis. So doing
it with MVP is probably going to be the only way to make it happen.
If we can get out of my contract, that would be great.”

Common Ground: UFC Disputes

When Ngannou (19-3) was the UFC heavyweight champ, Jones (28-1)
kept teasing a fight against the Cameroonian, which never came to
fruition. Ngannou eventually parted ways with the UFC over a
contract dispute in 2023 and signed with the PFL. Ngannou fought
only once in the PFL before parting ways with them earlier this
year. Meanwhile, Jones is currently having a falling out with the
UFC. While Jones retired as the heavyweight champion without
fighting interim champion Tom
Aspinall, “Bones” started rallying for a return at the White
House card. However, Jones’ name was missing after the card was
announced, and he has since been asking for his release from the
UFC.