Jon Jones uncertain on fighting future: "I don’t know what life holds"

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Jon Jones is having a great time toying with anyone who asks him if he plans on fighting again.

The current Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion has been the subject of a long-lasting “will he or won’t he” question about if whether he will step back into the Octagon. In November 2024, Jones opted against taking on interim beltholder Tom Aspinall to face champ emeritus Stipe Miocic, whom he dispatched within three rounds. While he and Aspinall, per the UFC, are on a collision course, Jones is as coy as ever about the subject.




When appearing on ”DeepCut with VicBlends” on Thursday, the champion waffled on what he has in mind for a competitive future, even going so far as to say he is “focusing on love” as of late. He also hinted that he might have other prospects outside of combat, but did not go into any detail.

“I don’t know what life holds as far as fighting and competing,” Jones said in response to being asked if he had one more bout left in him. “I do feel like I’ll be a lifelong martial artist, whether I’m coaching others or taking exhibition matches or things like that.”


The name Aspinall did not leave his lips, instead mentioning that he as an all-time great has been afforded luxuries most do not, including the ability to take time away from the sport.

“There’s a lot of great competition still in the UFC,” he remarked. “I do view myself as more than a fighter, and being in my position, I feel like I have a lot more options than a lot of the other fighters as far as the ability to leave and return and things like that.”

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Jon Jones Uncertain on Fighting Future: ‘I Don’t Know What Life Holds’

Jon Jones is having a great time toying with anyone who asks him if he plans on fighting again.

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[Pequeño Corey]

God bless the GOAT. May his haters seethe and whinge in perpetuity while he lives out his days reveling in his riches and unparalleled success. Bones bless.

 

[Bobby Boulders]

The ability to leave and return has nothing to do with sitting on a belt and holding up a division. Learn some logic, Mr. Jones

 

[Alpha_T83]

God bless the GOAT. May his haters seethe and whinge in perpetuity while he lives out his days reveling in his riches and unparalleled success. Bones bless.

lol bud.

Jon's fiancee is waiting until his career is over to officially separate from him for maximum cash out. At this point they are common law, and she will get 50% of everything + alimony. Once he's no longer making the UFC money, he won't get special protection. At that point, he will self destruct and it will be glorious.

Jon's legacy is going to be multiple PED failures, ducking the true HW GOAT Aspinall, and then eventually becoming a broke homeless crack addict.

 

[Elvis.]

 

[Söze Aldo]

 

[r-harper-1]

The ability to leave and return has nothing to do with sitting on a belt and holding up a division. Learn some logic, Mr. Jones

Blame the promotion

 

[Substance Abuse]

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Cool story, Picto.

Then go ahead and vacate, and quit clogging up the already cesspool level HW division while you figure out your life path.

 

[Dionysian]

There are 80% of the posters that call this out as the joke it is

There are 10% of posters (the loudest) that are PR posters / TKO employees who are paid to try to cement the notion that a fighter with a clearly doctored career over the last 5 years (grand total of 0 fights that should have been sanctioned by a professional org) is the GOAT of all GOATs for marketing purposes.

Finally there are the last 10% of posters who are NOT TKO employees YET echo the employee talking points when it makes literally no sense for them as fans of the sport: "lol good! let him not compete! I hate when there is activity at HW! I love watching zero fights of consequence!"

I understand why the employees post their drivel. But for the misguided fans that cheer on inactivity for literally no reason... stop it. You are the reason the org pays the employees / because they see it works with some fan segments. Their job is to convince fans to eat this shit sandwich / accept the notion that we pay for shit cards when entire divisions are frozen in place, then ask for shit sandwich seconds. That corporate game only works if a decent percentage of fans actually cheer on the corruption that is clearly against their self-interest. Don't be part of the problem.

 

[MrBlackheart]

How can you live your best life if you don’t even know what it holds, Jon?

 

[Bobby Boulders]

Blame the promotion

Oh, I do

 

[Dr Fong]

God bless the GOAT. May his haters seethe and whinge in perpetuity while he lives out his days reveling in his riches and unparalleled success. Bones bless.

*'P4P' GOAT - the qualifier that makes the second part completely meaningless.

The outright GOAT has to be a HW. And the outright GOAT HW isn't a guy who had two fights against a French kickboxer and a retired 42-year-old fireman, obviously.

I think he genuinely could have been the outright GOAT. Instead he ran scared from any HW challenge his whole career and destroyed his chance at a real legacy.

 

[Zyklon R]

You either want the Aspinall fight or you don't it has nothing to do with what life holds

Sounds like Jones isn't confident enough in his abilities to take on Aspinall clearly ducking

 

[Captain Herb]

lol bud.

Jon's fiancee is waiting until his career is over to officially separate from him for maximum cash out. At this point they are common law, and she will get 50% of everything + alimony. Once he's no longer making the UFC money, he won't get special protection. At that point, he will self destruct and it will be glorious.

Jon's legacy is going to be multiple PED failures, ducking the true HW GOAT Aspinall, and then eventually becoming a broke homeless crack addict.

There's no common law marriage in NM. Should've left with the kids and gotten child support

 

[MDoza]

There are 80% of the posters that call this out as the joke it is

There are 10% of posters (the loudest) that are PR posters / TKO employees who are paid to try to cement the notion that a fighter with a clearly doctored career over the last 5 years (grand total of 0 fights that should have been sanctioned by a professional org) is the GOAT of all GOATs for marketing purposes.

Finally there are the last 10% of posters who are NOT TKO employees YET echo the employee talking points when it makes literally no sense for them as fans of the sport: "lol good! let him not compete! I hate when there is activity at HW! I love watching zero fights of consequence!"

I understand why the employees post their drivel. But for the misguided fans that cheer on inactivity for literally no reason... stop it. You are the reason the org pays the employees / because they see it works with some fan segments. Their job is to convince fans to eat this shit sandwich / accept the notion that we pay for shit cards when entire divisions are frozen in place, then ask for shit sandwich seconds. That corporate game only works if a decent percentage of fans actually cheer on the corruption that is clearly against their self-interest. Don't be part of the problem.

Some people supporting Jones are supporting the notion that the most decorated fighter in the history of the sport deserves to be compensated fairly.

If Jones of all people can’t get a legitimate payday, who will ever be able to?

People bitch and moan about fighter pay, but now that the guy who is the youngest champ in UFC history, with the most title defenses, and the current HW champion, says, “Hey, I’ll fight the next guy you’re trying to build.. just pay me”, everyone attacks him.

Can’t have it both ways, criticizing Dana and the UFC for screwing over fighters, then also get mad that the guy with the best UFC career ever thinks he deserves to not get screwed over for his final fight. It’s not like Jones himself is stopping the UFC from stripping him. If people have an issue with how things are playing out, blame the UFC if they’re going to blame anyone.

 

[Jaddy45]

God bless the GOAT. May his haters seethe and whinge in perpetuity while he lives out his days reveling in his riches and unparalleled success. Bones bless.

Lightheavy GOAT for sure. Who do you think the MMA Goat is?

 

[CombatCyborg]

If this whole thing ends up being wolf tickets I might stop believing in things altogether

 

[JustBreed]

I really want this fight to happen, because I think I Jon actually wins.

 

[froggyluv]

Just seen that mess of set of that Russian TUF in Thailand with Jones, Diaz and Jake Shields. Those Russians were outta their fricken minds getting in fist fights every 30 seconds and was funny you could actually hear Shields cozying up to Jones "Wer're with you" as Jones seemed to be the only guy the Russians didnt wanna mess with. Absolute lunacy there.