UFC President Dana White hinted that a champion vs. champion superfight between middleweight titleholder Chris Weidman and troubled ex-light-heavyweight champ Jon Jones, slated to happen in New York, has been in the works but certain limitations are keeping the fight from happening.

"Chris Weidman and Jon Jones wanted to fight each other to see who was the King of New York," White quipped at a Q&A at the recent UFC Fan Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada, last week. White said that there have been talks for quite a while now.

Weidman and Jones are both from New York. A report on Bloody Elbow noted that Jones was born in Rochester and Weidman was born and still is from Long Island, both in the state of New York. Jones is currently in Albuquerque, New Mexico, training with Team Jackson.


The hurdle that UFC can't get past is the legalization of MMA as a sport in the state of New York. New York Post initially reported that the bill was passed by the State Senate of New York, only to die again at the New York State Assembly for the eighth year in a row, Mark La Monica of Newsday said.

In April, Weidman told AXS TV's Inside MMA that he wanted a Madison Square Garden fight with "dream opponent" Jones.

"I wanted to clear out my division more before I finally got... I wanted that superfight with Jon Jones," Weidman said. "And that fight's going to happen at some point. I've talked with him about it face to face, and he's excited about it too."

The middleweight champ said he and Jones have already talked about the future fight face to face.

Weeks after the interview in April, Jones was stripped of his title after being involved in a car accident that resulted to civilian injuries.

Jones is facing felony charges after fleeing the scene of the accident where a 25-year-old pregnant woman was left injured. Jones surrendered and appeared in court where the camp of the UFC superstars asked Judge Maria Dominguez not to issue any travel restrictions to Jones to allow his scheduled fights to push through.

However, a meeting between UFC CEO Lorenzo Fertitta and Jones in Albuquerque landed on a decision to strip the touted best pound-for-pound MMA fighter of his light heavyweight title.

UFC announced that they will support the 27-year-old MMA fighter in the process.