{"id":317518,"date":"2026-04-12T14:43:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=317518"},"modified":"2026-04-12T14:43:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T09:13:48","slug":"dana-white-unfazed-by-jon-jones-latest-retirement-flip-flop-after-ufc-327","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/dana-white-unfazed-by-jon-jones-latest-retirement-flip-flop-after-ufc-327\/","title":{"rendered":"Dana White unfazed by Jon Jones&#8217; latest retirement flip flop after UFC 327"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-303424\">\n<div class=\"article-follow\">\n<div class=\"article-sharing google-follow\"> <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWs2azRtMzFf%20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">  <span>Follow us on Google Discover<\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Dana White wasn\u2019t moved in any respect by Jon Jones\u2019 latest decision to retire \u2013 after which come out of retirement moments later.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the week, Jones was seen in a video for Red Corner MMA telling media that he had \u2018hung up his gloves\u2019, and that he was now specializing in business. That retirement lasted minutes as he soon confirmed that he just isn&#8217;t actually done with fighting just yet.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVMultiVideo\"><\/figure>\n<section class=\"grv-talking-point\" data-trigger=\"vue-sidebar\" data-story-id=\"a5afaadf-6be5-4524-9127-186f1078cf6c\" data-story-name=\"Jon Jones\" data-comment-id=\"b7310a13-4c12-4d0c-ab48-5d74291398b2\" data-story-slug=\"jon-jones\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__inner\">\n<header class=\"grv-talking-point__header\">  <\/header>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__content\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__cta\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__title-wrap\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__title-content\">\n<h3 class=\"grv-talking-point__title\">Tell us what you consider Jon Jones.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Is it time for him to retire, or should he fight again in 2026?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__embed\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/02\/BE-46-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jon Jones celebrates winning the heavyweight title at UFC 309\" class=\"wp-image-291230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/02\/BE-46-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/02\/BE-46-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/02\/BE-46-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/02\/BE-46-912x1140.jpg 912w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/02\/BE-46-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1\/2026\/02\/BE-46.jpg 1080w\"><\/div><figcaption title=\"Jon Jones celebrates winning the heavyweight title at UFC 309. Credit: Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC\">Jon Jones celebrates winning the heavyweight title at UFC 309. Credit: Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>And after appearing cageside at UFC 327, he was interviewed on Paramount and declared that he was unsure about his fighting future. None of this appeared to interest promotional boss White, who already refused to offer the game\u2019s best ever fighter a spot on the UFC White House card.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dana White has muted response to Jon Jones\u2019 retirement flip flop<\/h2>\n<p>Jon Jones made his UFC debut in August of 2008, and Dana White has been dealing together with his antics ever since. The Latest Yorker has won gold at heavyweight and light-heavyweight on a run that has earned him the crown of MMA\u2019s best ever fighter.<\/p>\n<p>But he can be a wildly controversial figure, with arrests, failed drug tests and cancelled fights in his chequered past. So when White heard that he had once more retired and are available out of retirement this week, it barely registered on the UFC bosses\u2019 radar.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more-wrapper lazy see-more-closed\" data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" data-type=\"twitter\"><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"embed_303424_1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more twitter\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Media member tells Dana White that Jon Jones said watching UFC 327 lit a fireplace under him and he isn&#8217;t committing to retiring. He asks if he&#8217;s discuss with him.<\/p>\n<p>Dana White: No\u2026Listen, how is that any different than Jon&#8217;s been within the last 10 years?\u2026 I exploit to inform Lorenzo, &#8216;You will\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CTrx2ZMs9I\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/CTrx2ZMs9I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jed I. Goodman \u00a9 (@jedigoodman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jedigoodman\/status\/2043187521824133623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 12, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><label for=\"embed_303424_1\" data-type=\"twitter\">View Tweet<\/label><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asked if he had talked to Jones a couple of potential comeback, White replied: \u201cNo\u2026 Listen, how is that any different than Jon\u2019s been within the last 10 years? I used to inform Lorenzo, \u2018You\u2019ll never find a way to construct a business with this guy,\u2019 but when he does show up, it\u2019s fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jones was cageside together with his close friend Gable Steveson, whose signing with the UFC was announced survive the published. And he claimed that watching an exciting night of motion \u2013 which Joe Rogan branded among the best cards ever \u2013 got him excited for the potential of a comeback.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more-wrapper lazy see-more-open see-more-blank extra-content\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bloodyelbow.com\/2026\/04\/12\/dana-white-unfazed-by-jon-jones-latest-retirement-flip-flop-after-ufc-327\/none\" data-type=\"subscribe\">\n<div class=\"see-more subscribe\">\n<figure class=\"newsletter\">\n<div><svg class=\"loading\" width=\"118\" height=\"36\" viewbox=\"0 0 118 36\"><use href=\"#dots-svg\"><\/use><\/svg><\/p>\n<div class=\"signup\"><span class=\"hf\">Join Our Newsletter<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our greatest Bloody Elbow content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow us on Google Discover Dana White wasn\u2019t moved in any respect by Jon Jones\u2019 latest decision to retire \u2013 after which come out of retirement moments later. Throughout the week, Jones was seen in a video for Red Corner MMA telling media that he had \u2018hung up his gloves\u2019, and that he was now [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":317519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21048],"tags":[5330,21855,14930,3335,4284,577,2411,3928,18059,479],"class_list":["post-317518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mma","tag-dana","tag-flip","tag-flop","tag-jon","tag-jones","tag-latest","tag-retirement","tag-ufc","tag-unfazed","tag-white"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317518"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":317521,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317518\/revisions\/317521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}