White: Jones should embrace ‘the bad guy’
Dana White: “All the stuff that happened behind the scenes, when they were doing the interviews after the fight in the MGM lobby, Jones was 100 percent the bad guy.”
For some reason or another UFC champion Jon Jones has rubbed some of his fans the wrong way. Some fans even think of him as ‘the bad guy’, something UFC President Dana White believes he should simply embrace:
“I think he should embrace it,” White said. “He’s kind of come off like the bad guy in this thing. All the stuff that happened behind the scenes, when they were doing the interviews after the fight in the MGM lobby, Jones was 100 percent the bad guy.”
Jones (20-1) admitted in a media conference call Monday that he has fostered a certain public image. He doesn’t curse during interviews and wants to come across as a good Christian for his fans and potential sponsors. Slowly, though, he has come to grips with the fact that people are going to love him or hate him regardless of how he attempts to come across.
“I’ve been pretty resistant,” Jones said. “No one wants to be the bad guy. But at the same time, people tag me to be the bad guy. I’ve learned to just let go. Let go.”