For sure that is why there is an Interim Heavyweight belt and if Jon Jones is OK then he will be back for the Heavyweight Championship belt, but why did the UFC not do this with the Light Heavyweight when Jiri Prochazka got injured they stripped him off his belt, then why does Jon Jones get this kind of treatment but for sure Jon Jones is a valuable asset to the UFC,
Of course because there is a lot of history behind Jon Jones' story. He is an undefeated fighter at the moment. One loss was due to a rule violation, not a loss due to KO or UD. Most of his fight records are in belt fights, which means Jones is a fighter who always fights at a high level. Even though he has a lot of controversy about his personality, in the UFC Jones is a real monster. Seriously, I'm still curious what would happen if Jon Jones met Ngannou? That would be one hell of a fight!
because jones is special. 3 years of inactivity and come back as champion, they've got to see him as special kind of a champion. someone else got injured or inactive, its a whackamole.
dana didn't wonder why many of his athletes wants to go boxing with paul because of the high pay. learning then that conor and jon was paid millions in every fight while ngannou's each fight is less than 500K. but then cormier and sonnen still kept saying he fumbled.
if jones vs ngannou met, francis will probably be knocked out. thats more than 90%. but seem not ready to do that.