Dana White has confirmed that Jon Jones is officially back within the UFC drug testing pool.
The previous two-weight UFC champion announced his retirement from MMA just just a few weeks ago.
Jon Jones accomplished a retirement U-turn after it was revealed President Donald Trump will host a UFC show on the White House in 2026.
‘Bones’ has since claimed he has re-entered the UFC drug testing pool and made himself available to compete on the cardboard.
Dana White confirms Jon Jones is within the testing pool
Dana White promised that the upcoming White House card shall be the ‘baddest’ UFC event of all time.
The UFC CEO also named Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall as his dream major event for the show.
In keeping with White, that dream could turn into a reality as ‘Bones’ has officially ended his retirement by rejoining the UFC drug testing pool.
“He jumped back within the pool,” the UFC boss confirmed.
White added when asked if that was official: “Oh yeah.”
Jon Jones explains retirement U-turn
On Thursday evening, Jon Jones held an impromptu Q&A with fans on social media.
Jones revealed the rationale for his UFC retirement U-turn and expressed a willingness to fight anyone after previously being accused of ducking the brand new undisputed heavyweight champion, Tom Aspinall.
“Donald made his announcement on the morning of the Fourth of July, I called the UFC headquarters that exact same afternoon,” he said in one in every of his many tweets. “I’ll just leave it at that. America! Now that tickles my pickle.”
In a later post, he replied to a fan predicting an all-time classic fight: “It could be, for me it’s in regards to the opportunity to represent America on the White House. I don’t care who I fight that night. I discovered my reason why, that’s what I needed, something that was greater than money.”