For months, UFC fans had been speculating about Jon Jones’ next move and if at all he plans to fight Tom Aspinall, who has been vocal about fighting Jones for the heavyweight title since day one. At first, when Jones defeated Stipe Moicic, he revealed that he wanted huge payday, if he is to take on a younger, in-his-prime Tom Aspinall. However, Ariel Helwani stated that the UFC had already offered Jones huge money, and while he accepted it at first, he declined to fight later. The indecisiveness was not only frustrating for Aspinall, who’s was waiting for his shot at the real belt than the interim version that he owned, but it also got a lot of the fans furious with many wanting him to be striped. <\/p>
Jones, rather than returning to the Octagon, decided to announce his retirement as confirmed by UFC CEO Dana White during a press conference in Baku, Azerbaijan. While many fans are accusing Jones of ducking Aspinall, we believe that his interest and motivation levels to fight inside the Octagon, never came back up as evidenced by his earlier announcement, where he wrote, “I don’t want to say that I’m retired. Right Now, I couldn’t really care less about fighting.”<\/strong><\/p>