Former UFC star pleads for Dana White to put aside personal grudge with Francis Ngannou and book Jon Jones fight: "Just make the fu*king fight"
A former UFC star recently weighed in on Dana White's recent comments about Francis Ngannou and pleaded for him to put his personal grudge aside. He noted that fans want to see the best fights possible and suggested he book a cross-promotion fight with 'The Predator' and Jon Jones.
Darren Till is known for expressing his opinion and has been in his fair share of beefs as a result. He sounded off on the UFC CEO's latest comments about the PFL heavyweight king and suggested that he put business ahead of personal feelings. For years, Ngannou vs. Jones was a dream fight but failed to materialize when 'The Predator' was with the promotion.
During his latest appearance on The Ariel Helwani Show, the Englishman shared his thoughts on the heavyweight division and expressed interest in seeing the two heavyweight champions collide in a cross-promotion bout.
Till mentioned he likes White personally but wants to finally see Ngannou and Jones fight because of the significance it would have. He said:
"As much as I love Dana White...Just make the fu*king fight with Francis Ngannou [and Jones]. We don't care that you don't like Francis or Francis doesn't like you. Guess what, we don't care...UFC always been the best because we give the best fights...Let's just watch Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall, Francis Ngannou vs. Jon Jones and let them all fight...We just want to see the best fights."
Check out Darren Till's comments regarding Dana White below:
Former UFC star Darren Till compares Francis Ngannou vs. Jon Jones debacle to boxing
Former UFC star Darren Till continued his rant on the ongoing Francis Ngannou vs. Jon Jones debacle by comparing it to boxing fights never materializing due to personal grudges among the promoters.
During the aforementioned clip, Till mentioned that fans just want to see the best fighters competing against each other and turned his attention to the boxing promoters and blasted them for putting their personal feelings ahead of the fighters and fans. He said:
"We don't care. You're just a promoter, shut your mouth and make the fight. Eddie [Hearn], we don't care what Oscar De La Hoya is saying about you...but at the end of the day, can we wait to get you to make all these fights? Gervonta Davis is still fighting these absolute bums. Why is he not fighting Devin Haney?...Why has Anthony Joshua not fought Tyson Fury yet?"
Check out the full episode featuring Darren Till below: