Dana White Talks Alex Pereira at Heavyweight, Jon Jones P4P, KO Rate in New Gloves, More | UFC 303

UFC CEO Dana White spoke to MMA Junkie and reporters at the UFC 303 post-fight press conference and talked the top storylines from Saturday's event in Las Vegas.
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[@Unknown-individual]

Damn, the UFC gives Jones' german shepherd more promo than Aspinal

[@treverschamber984]

For real Dana needs to get off his nuts. 3 years suspended , roids, drugs, charges, moves up a weight class gets title fight then holds the belt for 2 years gtfoh that's trash. Usman fought 3 times a year and held the belt. Even perreria would say that's bs. Fuck Jon Jones

[@crzxm]

Haha!

[@phonyashell]

aspinal got no aura bro

[@TWINS-TV-PRANKS]

USADA & DOMINICK REYES BEAT TWICE J.JONES SO DANA NEEDS TO STF.

[@robertcoulon9464]

Usada is currently jones Mos formidable foe

[@TylerBaker-ky7rp]

Jones is undefeated. Look it up, dummy.

[@letsallgetintoheaven]

😂😂😂

[@damiansilva6840]

He loves jon jones

[@kratosofspartareal]

He talks about Jones the way Rogan and DC talk about Pereira

[@dogsquadindia]

The glazing is getting scary

[@iimdirtydan]

@@dogsquadindiawhat did he say about Jon that wasn’t true

[@tonymaccaroni5744]

Jones and Conor are history, they are done with fighting but don't want to adnit it. Their names are being thrown around all the time but it's nothing but talk and fake promises.

[@christophercarrigg3775]

We probably get one more from each of them

[@jonde4445]

Dana sits around watching their old promos and thinking about how much money he made

[@Midnightryder486]

“Heavyweight is another level….” It’s the worst division in the ucf? Hahaha what’s this guy talking about ?

[@robertcoulon9464]

Least competitive forsure.

[@christophercarrigg3775]

Heavyweight is a level up from light heavyweight. Look it up if you don't believe me

[@Zero-ig4vp]

⁠@@christophercarrigg3775I did some research. Guys he is in fact correct here.

[@koalawithchaingun53]

@@christophercarrigg3775heavyweight is heavier than light heavyweight. Water is wet. That’s not what “higher level” means in this context.

[@TylerBaker-ky7rp]

Weight wise, dummy. You have to cut to 205 for LW and 265 for HW. Hopefully you learned something.

[@TheRolly11]

"So.... how about Pereira at heavyweight?" Dana: JON JONES IS THE FUCKING GREATEST OF ALL TIME!!! AND P4P #1!!!!!!

[@_chaa635]

Why does he keep saying ciryl gane is the best heavyweight

[@timtim8644]

To give credit JJ victory over this bum

[@christophercarrigg3775]

Ciryl gane was ranked as the best heavyweight at the time of the fight

[@samuelpaulson6416]

Ciryl got completely outwrestled by Ngannou for 5 rounds. Dude has zero ground game and mid standup.

[@Zero-ig4vp]

Never got the Gane Hype. Just a guy who looked the part

[@TylerBaker-ky7rp]

Promotion.. DUMMMY!! He’s running a business.

[@dcruzer1272]

Jiri lost the pre fight stare down and it was over

[@martialkep]

free lunches at the PI - the UFC fighter retirement plan.

[@letsallgetintoheaven]

😂😂😂😂

[@LaybackMMA]

Let Alex go up to heavyweight and do great things!!! Also Islam is p4p best in the world right now, Jon is the greatest of all time.

[@robertcoulon9464]

Agreed let him fight heavyweight. Islam p4p nah he has 3 title defenses and 2 of them were not dominant victory's.

[@thizzlemetimbrs8194]

Jones isn’t p4p best lol that’s a lie

[@Vinicius-gy8wk]

P4P is about how dominant you are in a division. Islam has two wins over a featherweight midget and a lightweight journeyman vs. Pereira, defeating three former champions

[@KingPAZmma]

Alex is P4P right now. 🤓

[@Midnightryder486]

They are DESPERATE to sell these jones vs stipe tickets lmfao

[@robertcoulon9464]

Kinda weird you might be correct. Jon jones best ppv was Evans I think ufc 145

[@jonde4445]

The fight is never happening

[@Wowplayer43]

Normies and wannabe celebrities will buy tickets because Jon Jones is the GOAT bro!! Hes the MMA goat fighting the HW goat!! Such a hype fight, I believe everything Dana says

[@e46_ggg]

Props to the reporter not just agreeing with Danas dumb biased comments. 2nd press conference where dana is just glazing Jon with BS arguments but the NPC reporters never challenge him

[@robertcoulon9464]

I don't know if he really challenged him, he just kinda got yelled over

[@christophercarrigg3775]

Iole kinda sounded like a clown

[@yoelromerolover811]

Dana acts like heavyweight is a skilled division. Pereira would smoke all of those blobs easily😂

[@jackwolstenholme8213]

Dana is Jones secret lover.

[@robertcoulon9464]

Whos the bottom? Lol

[@guguemichaels]

But where did you lie you Jones hater?

[@samuelpaulson6416]

Hey blue eyes 💅💅💅 -Jon Jones to Dana

[@doug941]

Hahahahaha!!

[@TylerBaker-ky7rp]

It’s called promoting, dummies.

[@treverschamber984]

They really gave macy a bonus?!? Thats trash city. Rest is amazing but really silva was whopping her ass one elbow cut? Gtfoh 🗑️

[@kratosofspartareal]

Yeah that was crazy. She was getting pieced UP until taken down!

[@ファティン-z2v]

Weird asf

[@shogunjobu]

Props to Kevin, Dana went on a rant.

[@slickrick5811]

Jon jones vs Alex Pereira is the fight i wanna see

[@jonassteinberg3779]

100%

[@SeanzatChimalley_MMA]

“This event at the Sphere is going to be bigger than the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.” -Dana White

[@kratosofspartareal]

😂🔥

[@tristhekid]

Well, that resurrection never happened so he isn’t wrong

[@TriggeringYou]

​@@tristhekidwhen you take your last breath on this earth, only then you'll realize that you made a huge mistake. Have fun in Gehenna.

[@KingPAZmma]

@@TriggeringYou you should change our name to GetsEasyTriggerd. 🤓

[@TriggeringYou]

@@KingPAZmma Nah, it got you to reply. 🙂 It works. Laterz...

[@JesseWelds]

Jones mid fighter in an unskilled division in an unskilled era

[@timtim8644]

The only skilled he faced was Gus DC and Reyes (lost)

[@I-Know-it-All-sc3jz]

@@timtim8644Evans , rampage , shogun , & machida not skilled ?

[@timtim8644]

@@I-Know-it-All-sc3jz skilled but too old and washed plus the size reach advantage wss always huge for him

[@I-Know-it-All-sc3jz]

@@timtim8644 Shogun was champ ,Rampage was the best he ever looked , Evans was top tier at that time Man quit the excuses

[@I-Know-it-All-sc3jz]

@@timtim8644 so knowing how to use your reach advantage is a bad thing now lol yall funny So when he strangle stipe then beat whoever next What will be the next excuse?

[@rejachemno]

Nice shoulder pads, boss 😂

[@thizzlemetimbrs8194]

I don’t care about Jon fighting Francis scraps. Dudes a bum he’s been champ for how long and hasn’t defended once

[@majapashit666]

Dana dont admit defending jones while defending jones

[@christophercarrigg3775]

Anyone who's paid attention in the last few years knows that Dana bashes jon Jones when he's not glazing him

[@iimdirtydan]

What?

[@TylerBaker-ky7rp]

It’s promotion. Open your eyes.

[@majapashit666]

@@TylerBaker-ky7rp promotion have to be realistic

[@TylerBaker-ky7rp]

@@majapashit666 What did he say that wasn’t realistic? You can make an argument that Jones is the GOAT and is P4P. Jones and Stipe are fighting in MSG in November. The way they will promote it is saying the best to ever do it vs the best heavy weight to ever do it. How do you not understand that?

[@abudujana13]

Thanks for the video, MMA JUNKIE

[@ttocs0000]

I assume dan got a hefty 1 2 mill to do this. Diego probably ended up with twice that and rightfully so.

[@HANDBANANA95]

Pereira is pound for pound champ !!!!!!! not even a question in my mind

[@timtim8644]

Will be if he beat Ankalaev. Since then Islam is #1

[@SpinningElbowOfficial]

10-8 helicopter

[@Gryphon129]

Gave Alex 50k 😂😂UFC fans just don’t get how much more $ boxers make than ufc guys. Wilder pays his dog walker to pick up his dog 💩 50k

[@christophercarrigg3775]

What do non main events boxers make?

[@Jemreaux]

Nah you just don’t understand you’re comparing an independent contractor in a sport to someone who is part of a promotion lmao 🐦 🧠 dum@ss… PBC/DAZN = UFC and in that regard UFC is far more because it a profitable business model for everyone not just the top 1% of fighters. Alex makes millions every fight

[@wildberry752]

50k was only his performance bonus

[@codysimpson29]

Just a bonus man lol. Not to mention boxing has been around decades and decades longer than the UFC. I'd hope that they would make more money than the guys at a much younger sport.

[@Gryphon129]

@@christophercarrigg3775 Jared Hurd was paid 7 figures to fight a bum on wilder fury under card! Which is more $ than literally 80-90% of UFC entire roster. (Alex was paid less than 2m vs hill) & he’s one of the faces of the ufc. Danial Dubois & Phillip hergovic was just paid 5x Alex Pereira’s purse to fight on the under card. UFC fighter pay is Absolutely embarrassing, I do think ufc is a better sport/league for other reasons. But I can name many others but you get my point I just wanted to provide some examples to answer your question.

[@frisk151]

Hopefully Alex isn't going to put it all on the line in the HW.. Seriously... True Murderers Row = Jon Jones.. Tom Aspinall.. Maybe Stipe still.. IF Alex could come close to hanging with these guys.. Now that would be "lightning in a bottle"...

[@danielmoreno7056]

Heavyweights suck lmao

[@frisk151]

@@danielmoreno7056 Easy to say... LHW and lower classes are usually much more active and entertaining.. However, Aspinall.. He fights like almost a lightweight.. He is freakishly rare.. I honestly cannot go back even 20 years+ and see someone with this speed and talent at this weight.. Not even when everyone was juicing (roids)...

[@dogsquadindia]

Alex should fight another HW before just jumping onto JJones

[@stephenkinq5425]

Dana gets a kick outta Throwing shots a People that doesn't fit his stitch.

[@tuffneggah]

dana glazez jon so hard

[@justinstanton7982]

not giving lopes a bonus is fucking wild!.. really hope he gets a bone on the side.

[@willong1742]

Why he fought a mediocre fighter at best.

[@s0ssboy01]

@@willong1742cause he weighed in differently 3 fkn times and saved the card smart one

[@stephenkinq5425]

I believe Paul Will do Wrestlemania at the sphere .. I just can't wrap my head around Power slap nd Dana's infatuation around it .. The competition is more dangerous than boxing.. The amount of CTE is isaNe .. No defense. Just stand there take head trauma slap.

[@sludwig05]

Jon Jones is 0-2 since 2020. Anyone with half a brain cell knows he lost against Reyes. The fight with Gane was rigged since the UFC would have lost all credibility if Gane would have been the champ immediately after losing to Ngannou. They had to have JJ win. I guarantee you Jones won’t fight anyone else except maybe old and inactive Stipe.

[@K1NGDAR1X]

Jon Jones has fought 67 times this year wdym lol, he fought his wife 67 times and won all by k.o an submission, its crazy how talented jones is man, jon jones is the pound for pound after that man, also wow bro he failed like 100 drug tests but nahhhh if Dana says p4p an says if u put jones in a room with anyone then he walks out.....then put him in a room with Aspinall. Put him in a room with Alex Pereira, lol.

[@Anasadnan-i6p]

when volk was p4p we didn't hear this shit about jones. but only when Islam become P4P he's being hilarious. Islam is P4P you like it or not.

[@christophercarrigg3775]

Sounds like iole's dentures are sloshing around in his mouth when he talks

[@HarveyWilhelm]

What does Jon have over Dana? Gotta be something. Well he's gotta sell that fight that could be our. Cuz nobody else wants to watch.

[@gabrielebianchi161]

ufc mma is failing badly now man, isn't the same without the Fertittas lol

[@357.maggNUM]

Dana has one foot out the door. He's lost the stranglehold he once had on fighters and it shows. Dana's gone in less than 2 years.

[@ThomasHishon]

Jon Jones doesn't want to fight any legitimate threat at heavyweight.

[@codysimpson29]

Would love to see alex go up to heavy weight and beat the shit outta jones lol

[@Dark5ide12]

As a former mexican im excited for ufc at the sphere

[@patrickpitamber]

Didn't Jon Jones taking steroids as well ?

[@cesarprado4358]

hahaha danas rogans impression 3;20

[@jonjones8075]

Colby doesnt reject fights lol

[@JDEcc91]

1:33 Dig on Wonderboy right there

[@oligerolsen2533]

Power slap sucks Dana.

[@IcRaVeKnOwLeDgE]

Dana looks like Dr. Evil

[@humanedane]

Dana is delusional!!!

[@tristhekid]

What makes the scummy promoter red?

[@christophercarrigg3775]

What makes the KZbin commenter triggered

[@kingbuusaki7130]

Gawking John again 😂😂

[@kylem2712]

Dana got a new plug lol wow

[@greuju]

Dana's love for Jon Jones's unbearable

[@electrifyingdestroyer7471]

Sheesh 41 fkn mins???

[@Geeks4Tv]

I don’t see nobody beating Tom Aspinal right now. Alex should stay at light heavyweight seriously. Yeah he got power but at heavyweight who don’t so Tom is the man.

[@finerbiner]

Covington has the pictures so Dana always lies for him. If he is not rejecting fights, why does the UFC offer him so few?

[@stephenkinq5425]

Dana Can't stand Franci .. Implying that Jon's beat the best heavyweight in that class debute is reaching.

[@Notsotopofthefoodchain]

Jones p4p 😂

[@TheDJEnrique]

You can say what you want about Dana, but he’s right about Bob Arum….. he’s a dick.

[@EasternDreamer615]

The reporter around 18:00 really made tomato man mad

[@christophercarrigg3775]

Who's tomato?

[@EasternDreamer615]

@@christophercarrigg3775 Dana is tomato man

[@christophercarrigg3775]

@@EasternDreamer615 why is Dana tomato man

[@EasternDreamer615]

@@christophercarrigg3775 He turns red when he gets mad

[@christophercarrigg3775]

@@EasternDreamer615 like when

[@catsaretasty]

Anderson Silva was better than Jones😮

[@zoravibes]

Anderson Silva 34-11... Jon Jones 27-1... And Jones only loss was a DQ over how he was elbowing his opponents face in.

[@rrowFernando777]

UFC 303, good figths, keep up the good work Dana White 👍

[@tristhekid]

He was quite literally sitting out getting arrested. I really want Alex to sleep Jones badly

[@Zero-ig4vp]

Poor Chandler…basically told him to give up the Conor thing

[@stephenkinq5425]

Dana Would be wisel to check for Hepatitis

[@spiritualskywalker1262]

Alex Pereira vs Stipe Miocic at the SPHERE🎯

[@mccoin30]

It’s time for a big Title fight in Nashville!

[@stuartoj212]

Riffles weights 💪

[@jonathanwolf5252]

Dana white is the best...tha fucking man !!! These card are insane....

[@frankymagana001]

But it’s Rihad Seanon!

[@dogsquadindia]

Riyadh season

[@Shareefhamida]

Reporter : why aren’t you excited about Alex moving up to heavyweight? Dana: Jon Jones is the P4P number one!!! And the Goat !!!!!

[@jimmyraxaeagle1414]

Book jones vs Periera

[@thizzlemetimbrs8194]

Na book Alex vs tommy who cares about jones

[@dogsquadindia]

No too soon

[@timtim8644]

Ankalaev vs Pereira

[@Jemreaux]

Brits and Jones haters mad no one cares about Aspinall lmao where’s all that energy for his actual KZbin page or IG ? He barely gets any views 😂 his “fans” are merely Jones haters

[@Jemreaux]

Brits and Jones haters mad no one cares about Aspinall lmao where’s all that energy for his actual KZbin page or IG ? He barely gets any views 😂 his “fans” are merely Jones haters

[@ethanrichards6916]

Props to that reporter pressing Dana, him saying Gane was the best HW in the world is a FUCKING JOKE

[@Mattshank-uo6jl]

Dana's comments on all the helicopters at 5:29 minute mark is hysterical! People underestimate his ability at humor.

[@badbaddolemike]

Lol, how does Dana NOT even know what POUND-FOR-POUND BEST FIGHTER MEANS? Saying Mighty Mouse is the pound for pound best fighter DOESNT mean that Mighty Mouse would be willing to fight anybody, regardless of the weight class. It means WHO IS THE BEST FIGHTER, IF EVERYONE WAS THE SAME SIZE! In other words... if Jon Jones was 5'3" 125lbs, do you think he would beat Mighty Mouse? Or if Mighty Mouse was 6'4" 205lbs, would he beat Jon Jones? I think in BOTH of those scenarios that Mighty Mouse would come out on top over Jon.

[@UBEENGHOSTED]

Jon signs with PFL. Dana "Lets be honest a lot of Jon's fights were very close and controversial"