Jon Jones Reveals Dana White’s Lowball Alex Pereira White House Offer: 'Wouldn’t Budge One Dollar'

Before the UFC revealed the White House card in its entirety, the promotion expected Jon Jones to headline the event against Alex Pereira. While ‘Bones’ had his fair share of tussles with Dana White over whether he was actually negotiating for the June 14 event, Jones has now made it clear that the UFC did present him with an offer to fight ‘Poatan’ at the marquee show.

Taking to social media, Jon Jones revealed that the UFC offered him $15 million to fight the former light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira, a figure that already looks quite substantial. However, the deal ultimately fizzled out because the former two-division champion expected a higher payday than what the promotion put on the table.

“Was ready, willing and physically able to step in,” Jon Jones posted 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,” he added. 

For the unversed, the UFC seemingly offered Jon Jones $30 million to unify his belt against Tom Aspinall, who was the interim champion at the time. Yet ‘Bones’ retired from the sport without facing the English juggernaut, a situation that planted the seeds of a souring relationship with Dana White.

Following that saga, the former two-weight title holder wanted to return against Alex Pereira at the UFC White House event and even indicated that negotiations with the promotion were moving in a positive direction. However, White publicly discarded any talks about Jon Jones headlining the White House event.

To be honest, the UFC CEO’s statement came as a shock to many, but nobody seemed more surprised than ‘Bones’. Jones went on a literal rant against the promotion, claiming that Dana White tried to lowball him to fight at the White House event. Moreover, prominent MMA Journalist, Ariel Helwani also confirmed that the UFC was indeed in talks with Jones to fight on June 14th.