Dana White has shut down talk about Jon Jones retiring from MMA after UFC 309.
‘Bones’ knocked out Stipe Miocic to defend his heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden last November.
Post-fight, talk turned to a potential unification fight with interim champion Tom Aspinall.
Seven months later, Jon Jones announced his retirement to make Aspinall the undisputed heavyweight king.
Dana White denies that Jon Jones retired in 2024
Jon Jones has been constantly posting on social media during his first official week in retirement.
On Friday, the greatest fighter of all time caused a stir by claiming he told the UFC he was done after beating Miocic.
“I was retired last November and I’ve been working nonstop,” Jones tweeted.
“I’m actually working harder now that I’m not fighting, but it’s so much fun. No more sweating, just using my personality and giving fans all the love that I can. Sounds like a pretty good gig.”
When a curious fan asked him why he held up the division by remaining the UFC heavyweight champion, he replied: “I was told 1000 times to just reconsider and just give it more time. That’s the truth.”
Dana White addressed the claim made by Jones with an emphatic two-word statement at UFC 317.
“Not true,” the UFC CEO insisted.
White added: “I’m telling you the truth. Believe who you want to believe.”
Jon Jones insists Tom Aspinall fight was never agreed
This is not the only thing Jones and White haven’t seen eye-to-eye on since the retirement news dropped.
White claimed Jones vs Aspinall was ‘done’ before the 37-year-old American changed his mind.
However, the man himself insists that he never agreed to share the Octagon with Aspinall.
“If the fight was done, trust me, I would be fighting,” Jones wrote in a since-deleted tweet.
“Did we start negotiating at one point, yes, but [it] was never done.
“My job at the time was to sit back and be quiet about it and that’s exactly what I did.
“I was enjoying my life that should’ve been obvious to you guys.”