Dana White Makes Crucial UFC, Jon Jones Announcement

Jon Jones, largely considered one of the best pound-for-pound UFC fighters of all-time, has made headlines yet again. Jones holds a professional record of 28-1 (1 no contest), and as of Saturday morning, stood as the UFC heavyweight champion.

Despite Jones' unparalleled success inside the Octagon, he has struggled to walk the straight and narrow with multiple run-ins with the law outside the sport. Jones' checkered past stems all the way back to a 2011 arrest, and has seen everything from DUIs to failed drug tests for cocaine use to hit-and-run accidents to indefinite suspensions by the UFC.

Jones most recently appeared in the Octagon when he defeated Stipe Miocic via KO/TKO at UFC 309 in November of 2024 to retain his heavyweight belt. Since his last fight, rumors of an upcoming title fight with Tom Aspinall kept Jones' name in the news.

As of Saturday afternoon, Jones' name has been removed from contention from fighting Aspinall, or anyone else for that matter.

Dana White announced that Jones called him Friday night, officially retiring from the UFC. White made the crucial announcement during his press conference following UFC Fight Night: Jamahal Hill vs. Khalil Rountree.