With UFC recently announcing the main events for its upcoming cards through UFC 239: JONES vs. SANTOS, UFC President Dana White and over a dozen athletes competing in those events will participate in a special press conference taking place Friday, April 12 at 12 p.m. ET at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dana White, Jack Hermansson, Jacare Souza, Jessica Andrade, Rose Namajunas, Rafael Dos Anjos, Kevin Lee, Anthony Smith, Alexander Gustafsson, Henry Cejudo, Marlon Moraes, Tyron Woodley, Robbie Lawler, Thiago Santos, Amanda Nunes, Holly Holm...
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...Junior Dos Santos, Francis Ngannou and Ben Askren are all in attendance today.
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White says that Jon Jones is sick and couldn't be in attendance today.
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Santos says he is excited to fight Jones and will shock the world by beating him.
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Askren says he was invited to come and didn't want to miss an opportunity, even though Jorge Masvidal isn't here.
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Jacare says he deserves a title shot and was ready for Yoel Romero, but promises to defeat Hermansson. Jacare says he will get a title shot with a victory over Hermansson.
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Nunes says that Holm is the only former champion she hasn't defeated yet, but she will be next.
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Cejudo says Dillashaw is paying for the failed drug test and he will have to live with it.
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Cejudo promises to take the bantamweight title to Brazil to celebrate with his Brazilian fans, Moraes says he'll knock Cejudo out at UFC 238.
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Cejudo says Moraes looks like Mr. Clean and talks like Michael Jackson.
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Ngannou says a win over JDS will earn him a title shot, says JDS is a champion, even without the belt.
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Smith says he is good after the loss to Jones at UFC 235, says he would've regretted not taking the opportunity to fight Gustafsson.
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Lee says the timing was right to move up to welterweight, says he is expecting a damn good fight against RDA.
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Askren thought he was going to lose the Masvidal fight to Leon Edwards, Askren says he don't get full on a three piece and a soda.
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Askren says that Masvidal showed a lack of discipline and isn't secure in his own masculinity by confronting Edwards in London.
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Nunes says she will defend bantamweight and featherweight titles, will defend featherweight belt after Holmes fight.
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Askren says he won't attack wives, family or religion with trash talk, says fighters have to deal with negative repercussions.
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White says that Cyborg is fighting again soon and the women's featherweight division will stay around.
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White says that Jones has been given the opportunity to erase past mistakes, but it is all up to him now.
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RDA says a fight with Nick Diaz didn't work out before accepting a fight with Lee, RDA says he knows that Lee will bring it in their fight.
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Lee says that Al Iaquinta is still his biggest fan, looking to fight Conor McGregor, says there are a lot of big fights and options out there for him.
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Smith says "fuck Luke Rockhold" and he will "drill a hole through his face."
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White says they are still working on a main event for UFC Greeneville, says DC vs. Lesnar isn't even in the works right now.
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White says that Cormier isn't healthy enough to fight at the moment.
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Gustafsson says if he cannot fight and beat the best, then he doesn't know what it means for his career.
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Moraes pleads with White and the UFC to do more stringent drug testing on all the fighters.
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White says he was shocked to learn that the drug testing didn't include EPO.
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White again says that there will be no 165 pound weight class.
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That's all for the UFC Press Conference, thanks for checking out the highlights with Fightful.
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