Jon Jones Not Bothered by Boss Dana White’s Longshot Odds Stopping White House Dreams

One way or the other, UFC CEO Dana White has shut down Jon Jones and his chances of fighting at the White House. The former two-weight UFC Champ, for his part, has acclimated to the fact it’s not his choice to make after retiring from the sport earlier this summer.

Subsequent to relinquishing his heavyweight title to interim champion Tom Aspinall, the 38-year-old ‘Bones’ alluded to his imminent return to the ring by submitting to the DFSI test pool, a prerequisite for his re-eligibility to compete and be allowed to do so by the athletic commissions.

Jon Jones has his sights set on making a comeback at the UFC’s White House PPV concept event on July 4, 2026, which is being held to celebrate the USA’s 250th birthday. However, Dana White is less than willing to put all his eggs in this headliner basket. He said that Jones turned down a done-deal to fight Aspinall and he can’t risk the fighter doing something similar in a fight of global import.

Recently, the bossman even placed a billion-to-one odds that Jones returns for a White House card. Jones is taking them, despite the unfavorable odds.

Despite the odds, I’m still training and optimistic about the possibility of being part of the White House event. At the end of the day, Dana is the boss and it’s his call whether I compete that night or not. I do know Dana was really excited about the fight, and the door hasn’t…

— Jonny Meat (@JonnyBones) August 18, 2025

For well over a year, Jones was expected to have a PPV title unification fight with Tom Aspinall, but he ended up vacating the belt and retiring, putting the UFC 265-pound division on hold. The UK Native himself has snubbed the chances of a Jones fight or holding out for it.

It is evidently clear that Jones wants to engage in such a super combat card at the South Lawn in front of President Donald Trump again. However, it is evidently also clear that he has a long way to go to convince Dana White and UFC execs/matchmakers that he is a good bet for it.

Jon Jones reportedly turned down a $30 million offer to fight Tom Aspinall in a unifier

The UFC brass/litigation might not have been too happy with Jon Jones after the decision was made to opt out of fighting the interim champion, Aspinall. Dana White had gone on the limb promoting the fight as the #1 super fight to make at this weight class, and there were early talks about it possibly happening at a summer slot during IFW.

Aspinall held the interim championship for nearly an ungodly 600 days during Jones’ UFC 265-pound title reign. But Bones elected to fight Stipe Miocic instead of unifying the titles and hence put up just one ballot defense of the gold.

Jones had the option of retiring after his final title defense against Miocic in November; however, he decided to wait until June to make that decision, following and disregarding negotiations with the UFC.

To make matters worse, top MMA journo Ariel Helwani reported on the Impaulsive podcast that Jones was offered $30 million to fight Aspinall, accepted the offer, and backed out days later.

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