Jon Jones remains an enigma when it comes to his future in the UFC.
The reigning heavyweight champion has the entire combat sports world waiting with bated breath to find out if he’s actually going to compete again with a highly anticipated showdown against Tom Aspinall still lingering in the air. Most recently, UFC CEO Dana White said he expected to have a definitive answer on Jones vs. Aspinall in “the next couple of weeks’ and if the fight isn’t finalized, the promotion plans to move forward on a different matchup right away.
While his latest interview was conducted prior to those comments, Jones sounded very uninterested in booking a fight right now against anybody.
“I don’t want to say that I’m retired because fighting’s in my blood,” Jones told the Full Send podcast. “Right now, I could really care less about fighting. I’ve been doing it my whole life at a very high level and when the itch comes back — and if it comes back — then I’ll do it with my whole heart, do it to the best of my abilities.
“But right now, I look around and realize what’s true, what’s real. I see the way people look at me and the way I make people feel and it’s an extraordinary thing. It’s a true blessing. Now my job is to serve that, give that to my fans, be reachable, touchable. Let them know what I have inside. That’s who I am right now. I’ve punched and kicked enough people.”
Jon Jones issues chilling warning to Tom Aspinall, admits ‘right now, I could really care less about fighting’
Jon Jones issued a chilling warning to Tom Aspinall about a potential fight between them but admits right now he’s just not all that interested in returning to the cage.
