Cris Cyborg exposes Dana White's long history of blaming fighters for failed contract negotiations
Cris Cyborg is exposing Dana White after the UFC President attributed the failed contract negotiations with Francis Ngannou to not wanting to compete against top competition anymore.
Cyborg took to Twitter to post a photo that exposes the UFC President for using the same narrative for failed contract negotiations with other fighters. She tweeted out the photo with a caption congratulating Ngannou on making the list, writing:
"Congrats @francis_ngannou on making it to “the list”
Congrats @francis_ngannou on making it to “the list” 😂 https://t.co/GkWWnO8AAJ
The reigning Bellator women's featherweight champion insinuated that Dana White likes to use fighters not wanting to fight as his excuse for failed contract negotiations, whether it's to book a fight at an event or re-signing a fighter to a new deal.
Cyborg is no stranger to being at odds with the UFC President as he hinted that she didn't want a rematch with Amanda Nunes prior to fighting out her contract with the promotion in 2019. She then departed and joined Bellator in 2020, where she defeated Julia Budd in her promotional debut to become the new women's featherweight champion.
Ariel Helwani slams Dana White for insinuating Francis Ngannou didn't want to fight Jon Jones
Ariel Helwani has been at odds with Dana White for years and most recently put the UFC President on blast for comments he made about Francis Ngannou during the UFC Vegas 67 post-fight press conference.
During yesterday's episode of The MMA Hour, Helwani brought up a series of clips of past statements regarding other fighters supposedly not wanting to fight. He mentioned that the UFC President was creating a narrative that the former heavyweight champion didn't want to compete against top competition anymore.
Helwani sounded off on White for questioning whether Ngannou wanted to fight Jon Jones, saying:
"This guy {Francis Ngannou} who slept in a parking lot, in a stairwell of a parking garage. Didn't even know where he was going, didn't have anything to his name but was happy as can be because he was in Europe - in Paris - learning how to box, and then MMA. You think this guy is afraid of anything? Truly, we have not learned that Francis Ngannou is fearless?"