Ahead of UFC 309, Jon Jones has dropped a bombshell ultimatum to promotional brass — claiming they can either grant him a title fight with Alex Pereira following his bout with Stipe Miocic, or he will hang up his gloves from combat sports.
Jones, a former two-time light heavyweight champion and the current heavyweight gold holder, returns to action this weekend in the headliner of UFC 309, taking on former gold holder, Miocic in the pair’s rescheduled championship matchup.
Out of action since March of last year, former pound-for-pound number one, Jones most recently landed the vacant heavyweight crown with a dominant opening round guillotine choke submission win over French contender, Ciryl Gane.