What's the most likely ending scenario of the Jon Jones debacle.

[Takes Two To Tango]

I honestly think the fight will happen with Aspinall and Jones.

It will be official by June. : - )

 

[RichardHarrow]

When he is certain he has timed his juice 100% accurately.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

He either retires to avoid getting stripped, or holds out long enough for Tom to have to defend his interim title again, then picto fights some easy dude, or 48 year old fat retired DC.

 

[Ruv]

Jon holds out long enough so that they fight at MSG in November and Tom knocks Jon out cold.

 

[evergreenrider]

Seeing as he's the last marquee name the UFC has, I reckon he's being used as a poker chip in negotiations for a new broadcasting deal.

 

[Daniel Henry]

He gets caught with drugs in Thialand n gets sent to one of thier prisons this ending all Jon Jones fight news.

 

[snugglecakes]

why is only "fights tom to unify the belts" the only option? Where is "jon fights tom to get sent to the darkest depths of the shadow realm?"

 

[FlyingDeathKick]

why is only "fights tom to unify the belts" the only option? Where is "jon fights tom to get sent to the darkest depths of the shadow realm?"

This isn't Mortal Kombat, there are rules. If there weren't any rules, Josh barnett would have been exploding everybodys heads with his hokuto shinken.

 

[Natural Order]

Serghei Spivak in September in St. Petersburg.

 

[13Seconds]

I usually don't say this, but I have no idea.

My gut feeling is telling me Jon vs Tom is happening in Nov.

 

[Last Falconry]

I feel like Jon constantly expressing how he's "living his best life" and how content and happy and fulfilled he has become is just him laying the groundwork for him to say that he doesn't need fighting anymore. I really think if the UFC doesn't meet his number he'll retire. Walking away "on his terms" is better than fighting and (maybe) losing

 

[TriangleMonkey]

Im 70/30

70% chance Dana and co. get a deal inked this summer. Jon is loving dragging this out and does not care about our feelings one bit


30% chance he never gets the deal he wants, and continues the honey-dicking until they threaten the stripping, at which he would rather retire as the HW champ and relinquish it under his terms and not theirs


I stopped caring, and am enjoying these other divisions for while, it’ll pan out

 

[WoozyFailGuy]

1. Jon signs the fight with Tom
2. Jon gets "injured" in training
3. Jon retires

He gets caught with drugs in Thialand n gets sent to one of thier prisons this ending all Jon Jones fight news.

Would be admittedly really funny if Asia took care of Johnny Somali, Vitaly, and Jon Jones all within a matter of weeks for us. Trade deals truly working.

 

[Captain Herb]

Jon's gonna get stripped of the belt for the 4th time, beating his own record. There's really no other option as he will not fight Tom and his ego won't let him retire and become irrelevant. It will hopefully happen sooner rather than later.

 

[Spiderbite]

Seeing as he's the last marquee name the UFC has, I reckon he's being used as a poker chip in negotiations for a new broadcasting deal.

Yup, They leveraged Conor to get the ESPN deal, now they gotta run Jones into the ground to get that sweet Telemundo money.

 

[laleggenda27]

Jones will likely vacate. The only question is whether he'll fight someone else. I still think there's a decent chance he fights Alex next (without a belt on the line).

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

UFC shuts down the HW division and Jon ends up the eternal champion.

 

[fedorthegoat777]

He signs to fight in 5 months, pulls put with a injury a week before the fight. Rescheduled and sets fight for 9 months later, pushes it back. Then retires.

 

[Hdfi]

He signs to fight in 5 months, pulls put with a injury a week before the fight. Rescheduled and sets fight for 9 months later, pushes it back. Then retires.

^This.

 

[CieloLuce]

Jon vacates and retires. I believe there's a 30% chance he fights.