There has been a lot of contradicting statements of late regarding the future of Jon Jones. Many believe that he is fast approaching retirement, but Dana White believes otherwise.

Rumors have been surrounding Jones since his promise of a move up to heavyweight four years ago. Since then, the 37-year-old has taken a long hiatus, returned to stun Ciryl Gane and capture another UFC title, and then announce his interest in fighting Stipe Miocic next. One thing the Hall-of-Famer seemingly doesn’t plan on doing in his career is fighting Tom Aspinall.

Despite Jon Jones hinting at retiring after the Miocic fight, Dana White stated that the ‘greatest fighter of all time’ won’t leave the sport without testing himself against Aspinall.

“Jon is one of those challenging guys to deal with,” White said in the Contender Series post-fight press release. “He’s thinking about retiring but will he?”

“If the Aspinall thing is really flying out there, I personally think Jon challenges himself and takes the fight. I think he does it.”

Dana White then confirmed that if it comes to it, the UFC will offer Jon Jones a large deal to fight Tom Aspinall — claiming that Jones would never turn down a fight.

“There you go. You just answered your own question. That’s what I think we’ll do [give Jones an offer he can’t refuse].”

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“Listen, it’s always the same dealing with Jon… That dude [Hunter Campbell] did everything in his power to make Jon Jones vs. Francis [Ngannou]. The fight did not happen, and let me tell you what, it wasn’t because of Jon Jones.”

“Jon is a very unique individual to deal with [but] Jon Jones will fight everybody. Jon Jones was absolutely, he wanted Francis…”

“There’s no way in hell that Jon Jones doesn’t want to fight Aspinall. I guarantee you… I believe Jon Jones/Aspinall happens if he beats Stipe.”

“Well do everything we can to make the fight happen… What fights don’t we make? Other than the Francis fight, what fights don’t we make?”

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