I assumed people would understand my statement as explaining he cares about Jones, but only as a “marketing device” for this specific fight, not Jon Jones the person. Because the comment I responded to says Dana is going to have a bad night if Jones loses. My entire point is Dana won’t care because at that point he will have got the Jones card done and the pay day for it. Win or lose for Jon, Dana will be okay with the situation, because what he cares about is the fight between the alleged “P4P best fighter and the best heavy weight” taking place. I don’t think Dana cares about Jones winning or losing that fight. Dana and his business will be fine either way, it might be different if Jones didn’t plan to retire.
More specifically, what motivated Dana to not strip Jon Jones? Was it his love for Jones the person? No. It was Dana’s desire to market this fight a certain way where he says “these two fighters are the peak of UFC talent, this one’s the P4P best and this one’s the best heavyweight ever. And on this date they will fight for the Heavyweight belt”.
And stupid people will down vote me lol. Dana is on record as having trashed Jon Jones as a person. But yeah, he also didn’t strip Jon Jones because he likes him on a personal level. Makes sense Reddit, makes sense.