Jon Jones issued his first statement in response to Dana White and the UFC’s proposed event at the White House. Jones retired, and then abruptly unretired following the reveal that the promotion plans to hold a fight card on the White House’s South Lawn in Washington,

Jones, 38, was expected to do a title unification fight with Tom Aspinall for well over a year but ended up vacating the belt, retiring, and putting the UFC heavyweight division on hold.

The UFC plans to stage an event at the White House next July 4 to celebrate the United States' 250th birthday, but legendary fighter Jon Jones is unlikely to be on the card. He and UFC CEO Dana White have differing views on whether he should headline the historic event,