Jon Jones
‘Formally Retired,’ Dana White Says
Revealed
Jon Jones‘ legendary combating profession is over.
Dana White introduced arguably the very best UFC competitor of all-time known as him on Friday night time and let him know he is not going to be combating once more.
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“Jon Jones known as us final night time and retired,” the UFC honcho mentioned Saturday. “Jon Jones is formally retired.”
White made it clear Tom Aspinall is now the UFC’s heavyweight champion.
Jones, 37, final fought in November 2024, when he beat Stipe Miocic. It was simply his second-ever tilt at heavyweight — in March of 2023, he received his first match within the division with a powerful first-round victory over Ciryl Gane to take the division’s strap.
Previous to his retirement, he and Aspinall had been anticipated to struggle for the precise to be known as the UFC’s true heavyweight champ — although Jon hadn’t been a lot of a fan of the matchup, believing Aspinall hadn’t carried out sufficient to earn the precise to step into the Octagon with him.
Jon started his historic UFC profession practically twenty years in the past … when he took on Andre Gusmao at UFC 87 in August 2008. He received the struggle by unanimous determination.
Three years later, he turned the youngest UFC champion ever at simply 23 years previous — after he beat Mauricio Rua at UFC 128.
He completed his profession with a 28-1 file — along with his solely loss being a controversial disqualification.
