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MMA heavyweight champion Jon Jones is retiring from competition, UFC Chairman Dana White announced Saturday.
Jones is considered the top mixed martial creator of each time.
White says Jones informed the promotion of his determination to discontinue connected Friday. By virtuousness of Jones' retirement, Tom Aspinall is present the undisputed heavyweight champion. Jones retires with a 28-1 record.
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Jon Jones reacts aft defeating Stipe Miocic successful a UFC 309 mixed martial arts heavyweight rubric bout, aboriginal connected Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 successful New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
"Jon Jones called america past nighttime and retired," White said during a quality league successful Azerbaijan. "Jon Jones is officially retired. Tom Aspinall is the heavyweight champion of the UFC."
Jones moved up from the airy heavyweight part successful 2023, capturing the vacant heavyweight title implicit Ciryl Gane. Jones past defended the loop successful a third-round TKO triumph implicit Stipe Miocic astatine UFC 309 successful November.
Jones has been an outspoken protagonist of President Donald Trump implicit the past year.
Jones performed Trump's signature creation aft his triumph implicit Miocic successful November.
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"A big, large convey you to President Donald Trump for being present tonight," Jones said, which sent the Madison Square Garden assemblage into a frenzy.
Jon Jones, left, fights Stipe Miocoic successful the heavyweight bout during UFC 309 astatine Madison Square Garden. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)
Then, Jones utilized the crowd's vigor to commencement a "USA! USA!" chant, which they happily joined successful for.
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Jon Jones reacts aft defeating Stipe Miocic successful a UFC 309 mixed martial arts heavyweight rubric bout connected Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024 successful New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
"I'm arrogant to beryllium a large American champion. I'm arrogant to beryllium a Christian American champion," Jones added.
That night, Jones adjacent walked implicit to wherever Trump sat ringside with Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, sons Don Jr. and Eric, Kid Rick, Vivek Ramaswamy, vocalist Jelly Roll and others and handed him his UFC rubric belt.
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