Jon Jones
‘Formally Retired,’ Dana White Says
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Jon Jones‘ legendary combating profession is over.
Dana White introduced arguably one of the best UFC competitor of all-time known as him on Friday evening and let him know he is not going to be combating once more.
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“Jon Jones called us last night and retired,” the UFC honcho mentioned Saturday. “Jon Jones is officially 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 gained 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 appropriate 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 achieved sufficient to earn the appropriate to step into the Octagon with him.
Jon started his historic UFC profession practically 20 years in the past … when he took on Andre Gusmao at UFC 87 in August 2008. He gained the struggle by unanimous resolution.
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 document — along with his solely loss being a controversial disqualification.
