UFC President Dana White feels he’s been burned too many times by Jon Jones. And so when the former light heavyweight champion returns from his one-year suspension, which could be July 29 at UFC 214, White has made it clear Jones will not be in the main event.

Which is “ridiculous” to Jones’ manager, Malki Kawa.

Via mmamania.com:

“It’s the funniest thing ever,” Kawa said. “Listen, to be honest with you, it’s funny. And my personal opinion, I think it’s ridiculous, because at the end of the day, I mean, yes, he missed out on UFC 200, and I think the whole situation behind it was stupid and ridiculous.”

It was days before UFC 200 last July that Jones (22-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC), scheduled to unify the light heavyweight title against Daniel Cormier (19-1 MMA, 8-1 UFC) in the main event, was notified by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency of his potential violation, which led to a one-year suspension. It was a mess of a situation for the UFC and left Jones in tears as he faced the media. As it turned out, Jones said he was popped for a tainted sexual enhancement pill.

Kawa pointed out that ruining the big UFC 200 event wasn’t intentional, which, to him, is important to note.

“Listen, I always look at everything people do with intent, so if somebody intends to do something, to harm someone, then that makes that person messed up,” Kawa said. “Jon didn’t intend to cancel UFC 200. Listen, we are all sitting here every day training, cutting weight. We find out Wednesday or Thursday before the fight, and no one wanted that to happen.”

Malki also was quick to remind us that Cormier also pulled out of a title with Jones once before this, when “DC” got injured in the lead-up to UFC 197. So don’t be putting this all on Jones’ shoulders.

“At the end of the day, when (Dana White) says ‘I can’t trust him,’ look, I understand what you’re saying from your end, because you’re upset, pissed off and I get it, Malki said. “But it is what it is. But from our end, if you think you’re going to sell better by saying Jon Jones is a co-main event or it protects you better, then you got to do what you got to do.”

Malki made no mention of Jones’ history of past cocaine use or trouble with the law, which could also factor into White’s lack of trust for the ex-champ.

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