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Jon Jones Teases UFC Retirement Earlier than Stipe Miocic Combat; Dana White Eyeing MSG
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Jon “Bones” Jones could well presumably also quickly call an waste to his legendary UFC career.
The UFC heavyweight champion teased his retirement by capacity of Twitter on Saturday evening, asserting that he could well presumably call it quits after a conceivable bout against Stipe Miocic at Madison Square Backyard.
BONY @JonnyBones
How cool would or not or not it is to exhaust my retirement battle dominating essentially the most inspiring heavyweight of all time, in my house utter at Madison Square Backyard?
On the replacement hand, Jones did answer to a fan who acknowledged that they are “not ready” for him to retire, writing, “I will protect battling.” So, there is genuinely no telling what the 35-Twelve months-venerable is thinking at this point.
BONY @JonnyBones
OK my foul, I will protect battling https://t.co/kyRbR6hoUx
ESPN’s Marc Raimondi reported Wednesday that a heavyweight championship battle between Jones and Miocic would not occur at UFC 290 in July despite it being the battle that “all events desire next.”
Raimondi added it changed into “extra seemingly” to occur within the autumn.
UFC president Dana White urged newshounds Saturday that he hopes to schedule a battle between Jones and Miocic for Madison Square Backyard “quickly.”
Jones closing fought in March, defeating Cyril Gane by capacity of first-round submission for the UFC heavyweight title within the essential tournament of UFC 285 at T-Cell Enviornment.
Jones holds a tale of 27-1-0 (1 NC), and Miocic holds a tale of 20-4-0.