Overview
- Jones publicly renewed interest in an Ngannou matchup after the MVP/Netflix card, saying he would need to get out of his UFC deal to make the fight happen.
- Woodley says he texted Jones the contact for lawyer Sam Spira and described Spira as the adviser behind the Conor McGregor 'McGregor manoeuvre' tied to the Muhammad Ali Act.
- The Muhammad Ali Act is a federal law that limits long-term, exclusive, or coercive promoter contracts and was raised in 2016 as a possible legal path for McGregor’s boxing match with Floyd Mayweather.
- The McGregor manoeuvre was never tested in court and experts note using the Ali Act against a UFC contract is untested and would likely be a long, contested legal fight.
- Jones is reported to have signed a 2023 UFC deal with six fights remaining, so any move will probably produce protracted negotiations or litigation rather than an immediate free-agency fight.