Overview
- Jon Jones shared new bare-knuckle pad work on social media and wrote that he feels “sharp” and ready to ramp up training.
- The video answers UFC boss Dana White, who has pointed to hip arthritis and said that concern factored into leaving Jones off the White House Freedom 250 card.
- Jones says talks for that event went nowhere and he asked for a UFC release, which outlets report the promotion is unlikely to grant.
- He has signed on as an ambassador for IBA Bare-Knuckle and appeared at its St. Petersburg show, signaling he is exploring options outside the UFC.
- Media have revisited a possible Francis Ngannou fight, yet any bout would hinge on Jones’s UFC contract and on whether the promotion offers him a matchup.