Jon Jones: “I have a return date”

The heavyweight champion revealed on social media that he knows when he will return to the octagon. “I’ll let Dana (White) announce that”.

Cristina ParraCriistinaparra_Fidel RubioUpdate: May 8th, 2024 06:13 EDT0

Jon Jones already has a date to return date to the cage. The heavyweight champion couldn’t make his title defense against Stipe Miocic in November due to an injury that required him to undergo surgery. However, he shared on social media that the UFC will soon announce his next fight. “I have a date, I’ll let boss man Dana announce that,” he posted on his X account.

Jones is one of the UFC’s main attractions. The American is considered by many the best fighter in the company’s history, even by Dana White himself. He became the youngest champion ever when he won the light heavyweight belt, at 23, and successfully defended it 11 times. Bones stayed away from the cage for three years and returned in March last year to become the heavyweight champion by submitting Ciryl Gane in the first round.

I have a date, I’ll let boss man Dana announce that https://t.co/1bjl1oQyW5

— BONY (@JonnyBones) May 5, 2024

In November he was scheduled to make his first heavyweight title defense against Stipe Miocic. However, Jones suffered a muscle injury in his chest that caused him to undergo surgery and be out of competition for a few months. That break made him lose his No. 1 pound-for-pound status. Now he has announced on his social networks that he has a date for his return and is waiting for the the UFC president to announce it. Jones could be back for UFC 309, a card that will be held in November in New York, at Madison Square Garden, the mecca of contact sports.

Aspinall, the interim champ

Tom Aspinall is the interim heavyweight champion and he’s waiting for a title opportunity. The Brit, who will likely be one of the main attractions at UFC 304, in Manchester, challenged Jones, but Bones said he had no interest in facing him soon.