Former two division champion Jon Jones actually desires to be on subsequent 12 months’s UFC combat card on the White Home. He ended his retirement after two weeks when he heard the information that the combat promotion and the Trump administration had been planning the occasion.
UFC CEO Dana White initially rejected the considered Jones being featured on the combat card giving Jones a one in a billion likelihood. On Thursday, White barely walked again these feedback.
“He has made it very clear that that is what he desires to do, however I would like individuals on this card that I can depend on, that it doesn’t matter what occurs, opponents get switched out, or no matter occurs, I would like guys that I can completely depend on which might be going to indicate up that night time,” White advised The W.A.D.E. Idea.
“I am not saying no to Jon Jones, and I respect the truth that he is pushing this heard, however Jon Jones and I simply had a deal that he pulled out of, so he is not on the highest of my listing despite the fact that, I say it on a regular basis, he is the best of all time. I nonetheless know that to be a reality. He is not the best of all time man you possibly can depend on that you realize 100% goes to be stable and be there.”
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Jones just lately reiterated that he was not retired and again within the UFC’s anti-doping testing pool. He is additionally again within the gymnasium coaching.
“I’m not retired,” Jones stated on the MTV Video Music Awards. “I’m coaching for the occasion. I’ll be prepared for the occasion. That’s my aim, that’s my intention. However in the end it’s as much as the boss.”
Jones final fought at UFC 309 final November, defeating former two-time heavyweight titleholder Stipe Miocic through TKO. It was Jones’ first and solely heavyweight title protection.
