Jon Jones officially retires, paving way for Tom Aspinall’s UFC title reign!

Dana White announced earlier this week that we volition find retired "in a fewer weeks" what volition hap to the combat betwixt Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall. The UFC is known for its penchant for making fights that fans privation the most, but unfortunately, that combat volition not happen.

After a apical UFC lawsuit successful Baku, the superior of Azerbaijan, White revealed that Jon Jones has made the determination to discontinue from nonrecreational sports. That's wherefore helium turned down the combat against Aspinall.

"Jon Jones called america past nighttime and retired. Jon Jones is officially retired, and Tom Aspinall is present the UFC heavyweight champion," Dana said, shocking everyone present.

Jones has been hinting astatine the anticipation of status lately. A fewer weeks ago, helium said, 

"I'm perfectly not reasoning astir coming backmost and fighting," but helium didn't regularisation retired the anticipation of a instrumentality if helium feels motivated again. However, it seems that helium has yet decided to stop.

Dana besides said: 

"Do I regret giving him truthful overmuch clip to marque up his mind? Look, if you look astatine what he's accomplished, of people I don't regret it. It is what it is. Of course, I consciousness atrocious for Tom due to the fact that helium mislaid a batch of clip and evidently money, but we'll marque it up to him. Tom Aspinall is simply a bully feline and he's been astonishing passim the full process. He's acceptable to combat anytime, anywhere, and present he's our heavyweight champion. I'm excited for the collaboration that lies ahead."

Retirement

The 37-year-old Jones leaves the athletics arsenic astir apt the top combatant successful MMA history. While determination were problems with doping and immoderate banned techniques, the absorption is present connected his unthinkable results.

He ended his vocation with 30 nonrecreational matches, of which 28 were wins, 1 nonaccomplishment and 1 "no contest". That "no contest" is simply a rematch against Daniel Cormier, canceled owed to a doping test. He has lone mislaid once, by disqualification against Matt Hamill, though helium dominated that fight.

This large UFC item was winning the airy heavyweight rubric successful 2011 by knockout successful the 3rd circular against Mauricio “Shogun” Rue, astatine conscionable 23 years old. It's important to enactment that Jones was the youngest UFC champion ever.

The experienced combatant has defended his rubric 11 times, the astir successful UFC history, and has fought 17 fights for the belt, winning 16 times. His postulation includes names specified arsenic Stipe Miočić, Daniel Cormier, Rashad Evans, Lyoto Machida and different apical fighters.