With Ronda gone and Conor noncommittal, the only other cash cow they had was Jones. His next year was about to make them a fortune - a HW title fight against Stipe Miocic and a blockbuster next Summer against Brock Lesnar. That's the two biggest fights they could've made that didn't involve McGregor. You think they'd deliberately sabotage that? Whew, pass that piff over here then.