Jon Jones makes major career decision and puts shock phone call in to Dana White and UFC brass amid Tom Aspinall fallout
The former two-division champion ended fans' hopes of a mega heavyweight title unification bout with
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Jon Jones announced his retirement from mixed martial arts late last month
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But he performed a U-turn earlier this month, just two weeks after hanging up his gloves
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Jones has now claimed he wants to fight on Donald Trump's proposed UFC White House Card
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But the 37-year-old performed a major U-turn on his retirement last week by re-entering the UFC's drug testing
pool
.
Jones has continued to umm and ahh over the idea of fighting again, although the prospect of facing Aspinall seemingly doesn't get his competitive juices flowing.
But the prospect of fighting at the proposed UFC White House card
next
year to mark America's 250th anniversary has piqued his interest.
And not long after learning of the promotion's grand plans, Jones put a call into Dana White and Co.
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In his latest X-posting spree, he wrote: "Donald made his announcement on the morning of the fourth of July.
"I called the UFC headquarters that very same afternoon. I'll leave it at that.
"America! Now that tickets my pickle."
Jones believes a fight on the grounds of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue will be the most "epic" of his long and illustrious career.
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He said: "It would be [the most epic fight in history].
"For me, it's about the opportunity to represent America at the White House."
Tom Aspinall Fires Not So Subtle Dig At Jon Jones After UFC Retirement (1)
MMA fans worldwide are hoping that Brit and the new
undisputed
heavyweight king Aspinall will face off against Jones if he indeed fights at the White House.
It would be fitting given that America, of course, got its independence from the
United Kingdom
.
Jones, however, could care little about who he fights at this moment in time.
He roared: "I don't care who I fight that night. I found my reason why, that's what I needed.
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Jon Jones stopped Stipe Miocic with a sensational spinning back kick in his sole defence of the UFC heavyweight title
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"Something more than
money
."
Jones was offered the biggest payday of his Hall-of-Fame career after demanding "
F**K YOU MONEY
" to unify the interim and undisputed belts against Aspinall.
UFC supremo
White
claims Jones initially accepted the offer on the table before performing a U-turn and deciding to retire.
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