Linked closely in latest months with a title return in the summertime, Jon Jones is ready to name time on his embellished fight sports activities profession following a unification conflict with Tom Aspinall, should you ask former opponent of his; Chael Sonnen.
Jones, a former undisputed gentle heavyweight champion twice beneath the banner of the promotion, returned to efficiently defend his heavyweight crown at UFC 309 again in November, welcoming former champion, Stipe Miocic again to the Octagon.
And firmly sending the Ohio veteran into his personal respective retirement, Rochester native, Jones would lay down a one-sided beating to the previous, earlier than handing over a 3rd spherical spinning-back kick TKO win, efficiently defending his portion of the heavyweight crown.
Weighing up a title unification conflict with present interim gold holder and British star, Aspinall in the summertime of this 12 months, Jones claimed he would solely take into account “f*ck you” cash to return in a high-stakes pairing with the previous.
Jon Jones set to retire for good this 12 months, based on Chael Sonnen
And regardless of claiming in latest weeks that he would stack up as a lot money as he may earlier than retiring — which may see him combat twice extra within the Octagon, former title challenger, Sonnen has predicted his previous rival will grasp up his gloves within the speedy aftermath of a combat with Aspinall — no matter outcome.
“If you wanted my boldest prediction of 2025, I’m actually very confident in the prediction and that is that Jon Jones retires,” Chael Sonnen stated throughout a latest episode of Good Man/Unhealthy Man. “I will tell you that Jon Jones is gonna fight Tom Aspinall. I will tell you Jon’s gonna do a lot better with Tom than some people are giving him credit for, but that’s tomorrow’s discussion. When that fight is done, win or lose, I do believe it will be Jon’s final appearance.”
