After months of contract disputes and feuds, Jon Jones is done with his light heavyweight championship.
Jones, in a series of tweets on Monday afternoon, confirmed that he had officially vacated his title and that it is “officially up for grabs.”
Just got off the phone with @Ufc, today I confirm that I’m vacating the light heavyweight championship. It’s officially up for grabs. It’s been an amazing journey, sincere thank you to all my competition, Ufc and most importantly you fans.
— BONY (@JonnyBones) August 17, 2020
The 33-year-old said he would stay in the USADA drug testing pool for “probably the next half year or so” out of good faith, and that he’ll keep training for the time being.