UFC fighters react to Jon Jones' retirement, controversy

Just thank you for being a huge inspiration throughout your career. Technique, movement, creativity, brutal dominance and always being yourself, whether in or out of the cage.
I Wish you all the best ⚡️⚡️ https://t.co/mW33SUj0DF

— Jiri BJP Prochazka (@jiri_bjp) June 22, 2025

The UFC lawsuit money might have helped nudge Jon Jones into this decision. He’s likely going to make about 50% of what he made from throughout most of his career. Fight the toughest guy in the world for a huge amount. OR receive possibly more and not even have to fight.

— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) June 22, 2025

Jon Jones retired and there isn’t anything massive put together for his announcement? Just a post fight 3 second clip of Dana annoying it….Seems like he’ll be back to me. #UFCBaku

— Julian marquez (@JMarquezMMA) June 21, 2025

✅ Aspinall

❌Gane (2 titleshot failed + last fight robbery)

❌Volkov (already fought Tom + last fight 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 that
Now, lets make the only fight who make sense! Aspinall vs Almeida for undisputed HW title of the world
Gane ducks you and me before, already fought for the belt and lost 2-times, and his last win was a robbery@AspinallMMA @danawhite @Mickmaynard2 pic.twitter.com/RiTrNu4CCj

— Jailton Almeida “Malhadinho” (@Malhadinho_UFC) June 21, 2025

Jon Jones career was one for the ages:

4 Positive tests for PEDS
Tested positive 4 years in a row.
Lost to Matt Hamill in 2009.
Arrested at least SIX Times.
Stripped of his title at least ONCE!
Ducked TOM ASPINALL.
Knocked down a pregnant lady nearly & his… https://t.co/2HmCXqdOdG pic.twitter.com/RZRWejq2fI

— (@PhilOneLife) June 22, 2025

Telling my kids how Jon Jones had more energy to beat his wife than for defending his belt pic.twitter.com/RhnNOa7IcN

— Static (@MightBeStatic) June 21, 2025

Jon Jones retiring while at the same time facing criminal charges is so on brand for Jon. His greatest opponent will forever be hisself.

— King Shark XI (@SharkFloppKing) June 22, 2025

Amazing news about Jon Jones retiring. Too bad it's a blatant, obvious attempt at flooding the zone to obscure the new charges against him. He fled from a late night crash AGAIN, ditching a woman who was Donald Ducking, then threatened to have a police employee killed by shooters

— smoogy (@smoogymma) June 22, 2025

What a career for Jon Jones. We will probably never see another wife battering homosexual cocaine addict become a UFC champion again.

— Shinobi (@shinobi_01) June 21, 2025