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Brett Okamoto
UFC CEO Dana White has no intention of booking Jon Jones to the promotion’s proposed event at the White House in 2026, despite Jones’s interest in being involved.
Jones, 38, retired from MMA in June instead of accepting a UFC heavyweight title unification bout against interim champion Tom Aspinall. Just weeks after his retirement, however, Jones announced he was already planning a comeback and cited the UFC’s plans to host an event at the White House as the reason.
Despite Jones’s desire to fight on the card, White all but nixed the idea Saturday.
«I would not bet on it,» White said during the UFC 319 postfight new conference in Chicago. «If I had to make odds, it’s a billion-to-one odds I put Jon Jones on the White House card.»
Conor McGregor, who hasn’t fought since 2021, is included on that list. White has said he won’t even start thinking about who will be on the card until next year, but he has made it clear he does not anticipate adding Jones.
Nevertheless, Jones has re-entered himself into the UFC’s mandatory drug-testing program and has stated he will be ready for the July 4 date.
