Overview

• White said he wouldn’t bet on Jones, placing his odds at a billion-to-one after the UFC 319 postfight conference in Chicago
• The CEO pointed to Jones’s 2015 felony hit-and-run, a 2016 doping flag and current criminal charges as evidence he cannot be trusted
• Event planning for America’s 250th celebration continues with site renderings, Secret Service protocols and a scheduled Trump meeting later this month
• Jones has re-entered USADA’s testing pool and campaigned for the historic card but remains ineligible without rebuilding trust and completing the testing timeline
• Other marquee fighters such as Conor McGregor have expressed interest and final fight bookings will be decided early next year following regulatory and reputational reviews