“I think Jon Jones will get a stylistically more difficult fight with Cyril Gun,” DC said in a video posted on his Youtube channel. “I hate that Francis is gone, but I love that Jones is finally at heavyweight and I love it even more that this is a fight against Cyril Gan. But I don’t like that Stipe Miocic somehow got lost in this alignment.”
“From conversations behind the scenes, I know how much effort went into making a deal with Francis Ngannou – all options were tried. The deal with Ngannou was not made because Francis knows what he wants to do and knows his price.”
Last weekend at a press conference after the UFC Fight Night 217 tournament, UFC President Dana White officially announced that Francis Ngannou was no longer a fighter of the organization, and also announced a fight for the vacant championship belt between Jon Jones and Cyril Gan, who March will headline UFC 285 in Las Vegas.