On Saturday, UFC president Dana White introduced that former UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones had formally retired, then simply hours later, information broke that Jones was going through expenses stemming from a troubling incident in New Mexico.
A report by the Albuquerque Journal says that Jones allegedly fled the scene of an accident, abandoning a girl who was “exhibiting indicators of serious intoxication and missing clothes from the waist down.” The lady claims she was with Jones, ingesting and doing mushrooms, and he was driving the automotive. The police declare they spoke to somebody on the telephone who recognized himself as Jones and he “gave the impression to be closely intoxicated and made statements implying his capability to make use of deadly drive by third events.”
Jones tweeted after the information broke, “Have in mind, even the media can get it flawed typically in the event that they don’t have all of the details. Don’t consider all the pieces you learn on-line.”
Many fighters reacted to the retirement information and did not acknowledge the controversy surrounding it.
Simply thanks for being an enormous inspiration all through your profession. Method, motion, creativity, brutal dominance and at all times being your self, whether or not in or out of the cage. I Want you all one of the best ⚡️🙏⚡️ https://t.co/mW33SUj0DF
— Jiri BJP Prochazka (@jiri_bjp) June 22, 2025
The UFC lawsuit cash might need helped nudge Jon Jones into this determination. He’s possible going to make about 50% of what he constituted of all through most of his profession. Struggle the hardest man on the planet for an enormous quantity. OR obtain presumably extra and never even need to struggle.
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) June 22, 2025
Jon Jones retired and there isn’t something huge put collectively for his announcement? Only a put up struggle 3 second clip of Dana annoying it….Looks as if he’ll be again to me. #UFCBaku
— Julian marquez (@JMarquezMMA) June 21, 2025
Some used the second to name for a struggle with Tom Aspinall who’s now the undisputed champion.
✅ Aspinall❌Gane (2 titleshot failed + final struggle theft)❌Volkov (already fought Tom + final struggle loss)❌Pavlovich (booked + already fought Tom)❌Blaydes (already fought Tom)✅ Almeida (come over 2 wins, 2 finishs, 1 bonus)@danawhite @ufc @Mickmaynard2
— Jailton Almeida “Malhadinho” (@Malhadinho_UFC) June 22, 2025
Congrats champ. You deserve thatNow, lets make the one struggle who make sense! Aspinall vs Almeida for undisputed HW title of the worldGane geese you and me earlier than, already fought for the belt and misplaced 2-times, and his final win was a theft@AspinallMMA @danawhite @Mickmaynard2 pic.twitter.com/RiTrNu4CCj
— Jailton Almeida “Malhadinho” (@Malhadinho_UFC) June 21, 2025
No UFC fighters commented on Twitter concerning the controversial expenses, however loads of UFC followers weighed in on them, and the timing of the retirement.
Jon Jones profession was one for the ages:🏆 4 Optimistic assessments for PEDS🏆 Examined constructive 4 years in a row.🏆 Misplaced to Matt Hamill in 2009.🏆 Arrested at the very least SIX Instances.🏆 Stripped of his title at the very least ONCE!🏆 Ducked TOM ASPINALL.🏆 Knocked down a pregnant girl almost & his… https://t.co/2HmCXqdOdG pic.twitter.com/RZRWejq2fI
— 𝙿𝚑𝚒𝚕 (@PhilOneLife) June 22, 2025
Telling my children how Jon Jones had extra vitality to beat his spouse than for defending his belt pic.twitter.com/RhnNOa7IcN
— Static (@MightBeStatic) June 21, 2025
Jon Jones retiring whereas on the identical time going through legal expenses is so on model for Jon. His biggest opponent will without end be hisself.
— King Shark XI 🦈 (@SharkFloppKing) June 22, 2025
Wonderful information about Jon Jones retiring. Too unhealthy it's a blatant, apparent try at flooding the zone to obscure the brand new expenses in opposition to him. He fled from a late evening crash AGAIN, ditching a girl who was Donald Ducking, then threatened to have a police worker killed by shooters
— smoogy (@smoogymma) June 22, 2025
What a profession for Jon Jones. We are going to most likely by no means see one other spouse battering gay cocaine addict grow to be a UFC champion once more.
— Shinobi 🥷🏼 (@shinobi_01) June 21, 2025
