Francis went to fight the good fight for the fighters in PFL.Franci$ left a giant hole in UFC's HW division, and Desperate Dana bent over backwards to get a mostly-retired Jon Jones back as the new flag-bearer. Now that the semi-retired guy wants to fully retire, Dana and UFC have no backup plans and haven't yet been able to hotshot anything like they usually do.
UFC is like a sad husband who prays his checked out wife will give up the pussy just one more time for him.The plot thickens.
‘I told the UFC my plans a long time ago’: Jon Jones provides cryptic update on UFC return
https://www.mmafighting.com/2025/5/...n-jones-provides-cryptic-update-on-ufc-return
Didn't Ariel say the UFC were willing to meet his demands, as in, pay him the 30 million and have been putting in real good faith effort into getting the fight to happen?It was always the plan, ask the UFC for 30 million to fight Tom, if/when they say no, just retire.
Jones joins Joe Son as the only two fighters to submit via terrorThat counts as a submission win for Aspinall IMO