Website jokes about Dana White betting on Bones Jones; UFC demands retraction

The Ultimate Fighting Championship sees no humor in a mixed martial arts website's joke about betting on light-heavyweight titleholder Jon Jones.

UFC and its president, Dana White, got a retraction from CagePotato.com this week after the site on Saturday posted a picture of him and Jones with the caption:

"Not only am I paying Bones to wear UFC logos on his walkout gear next weekend, I also placed a $500,000 bet that he'd beat Rashad. Oh s---. I guess I shouldn't have said that out loud."

It accompanied an online post about UFC's decision to sign a clothing sponsorship deal with Jones for his upcoming bout against Rashad Evans. CagePotato frequently uses a satirical tone in its articles, particularly with photo captions, but lawyers for UFC were quick to rattle their legal sabers in a press release issued Tuesday:

"The claim that Mr. White would financially wager on the outcome of a UFC event is outrageous in the extreme. Indeed, in the verified complaint we are presently preparing for Mr. White's signature upon his return from Abu Dhabi, Mr. White expressly states under oath that at no time in the history of his association with the UFC has he ever financially wagered on the outcome of a UFC event."

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/mma/post/2012-04-17/ufc-demands-retraction-from-website/674762/1

Probably true but the limits can't be very high to make it worth it for Dana.

any gurus here know enough about UFC to wager on it successful. I lose everytime.. with that said, +400 on Evans seems like a good value bet $250 to Win a G

Liddell said that line was ludicrous

Holmes said:

"The claim that Mr. White would financially wager on the outcome of a UFC event is outrageous in the extreme. Indeed, in the verified complaint we are presently preparing for Mr. White's signature upon his return from Abu Dhabi, Mr. White expressly states under oath that at no time in the history of his association with the UFC has he ever financially wagered on the outcome of a UFC event."

Source: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/mma/post/2012-04-17/ufc-demands-retraction-from-website/674762/1

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Bet on Bones Jones whenever you can

RupertPupkin said:

Liddell said that line was ludicrous

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meaning.... too much respect for Jones?

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/chuck-liddell-says-huge-odds-150818310--mma.html
$500 on EVANS! Lets go!

its hard to lay huge chalk in the mma, unless a guy is just fighting a can, but with that said, nobody has come close to getting jones in danger. evans has knock out power, but i dont really fear him knocking out jones. ill say jones by ko/strikes stoppage (elbows most likely) in the 3rd/4th round.