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Jon Jones has opened up connected his determination to marque a status U-turn aft UFC president Dana White revealed his "dream main event" for the much-talked-about UFC White House event.
Earlier this week, US president Donald Trump announced that helium wants to signifier a UFC lawsuit astatine his authoritative residence arsenic portion of America's 250th day celebrations adjacent July.
Speaking astatine a rally successful Iowa connected Thursday, the 79-year-old said: "We're going to person a UFC combat connected the grounds of the White House. We person a batch of onshore there. Dana's going to bash it."
Trump's announcement has sparked plentifulness of treatment astir who volition vie connected the card, with Conor McGregor and Jon Jones being mentioned amongst different high-profile names.
And connected Thursday night, successful what is his archetypal large interrogation since the White House lawsuit was announced, Dana White sat down with influencer radical the Nelk Boys to sermon the card.
Speaking connected the Full Send Podcast, White revealed that the imagination main lawsuit would beryllium a heavyweight clash betwixt Tom Aspinall and Jon Jones earlier vowing to marque it “the baddest paper of each time".
The revelation comes conscionable 2 weeks aft White confirmed that Jones had called him to corroborate helium was retiring from the athletics for good.
Jones has since taken to X, formerly Twitter, to talk astir his status U-turn.
Asked by a instrumentality is helium was going to combat again, Jones replied: "Who knows what the aboriginal holds, but the infinitesimal I heard Donald Trump‘s announcement, I started grooming again."
Jones besides responded to a instrumentality who suggested that a combat betwixt Jones and Tom Aspinall would going to beryllium "the astir epic combat successful history".
He said: "It would be, for maine it’s astir the accidental to correspond America astatine the White House," helium replied. "I don’t attraction who I combat that night. I recovered my crushed why, that’s what I needed, thing that was much than money."
Another X idiosyncratic said they would emotion to spot him travel backmost to "fight connected the tract successful D.C" and Jones erstwhile again responded.
“Donald made his announcement connected the greeting of the Fourth of July, I called the UFC office that precise aforesaid afternoon,” Jones said. “I’ll conscionable permission it astatine that. America! Now that tickles my pickle.”
Dana White said Jon Jones and Conor McGregor could BOTH combat connected President Trump’s UFC White House lawsuit 🤯
“We volition absolutely, positively enactment connected the baddest paper of all-time.” 👀 pic.twitter.com/XmgNvKusGW
Will Conor McGregor diagnostic connected the UFC White House card?
Dana White was besides asked successful his caller podcast quality if Conor McGregor could extremity up being connected the White House card. He responded: “Could be, anything’s possible.”
The UFC president added: "McGregor has gotten himself to a constituent wherever helium is and volition be, whether helium stops warring oregon not, 1 of the biggest superstars successful sports, period. He’s gotten to a level of occurrence successful his beingness wherever helium has to, I think, beryllium motivated by something.
“He’s accomplished everything and particularly financially. Now he’s got to find thing that genuinely motivates him to privation to travel backmost and bash this again. I don’t cognize if the White House is it, but we’ll see.”
McGregor, who hasn't fought since breaking his limb against Dustin Poirier astatine UFC 264, has precocious claimed that helium volition marque his long-awaited instrumentality to the UFC astatine their White House event.
Speaking astatine a property league for a Bare Knuckle FC event, McGregor made his feelings clear. "It’s looking similar I’m headed to the Oval Office again," helium said. "That’s wherever I’m headed next."
McGregor spoke astir the White House lawsuit astatine Thursday night's BKFC event. Image credit: BKFC
Earlier this week, McGregor said that a instrumentality to the White House with his alleged "sniper accuracy" would beryllium "a precise intriguing connection and would bring maine backmost successful to absorption connected my instrumentality correctly."
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