Overview

• The heavyweight unification bout between undisputed champion Jon Jones and interim titleholder Tom Aspinall remains unbooked more than six months after Jones’s last defense, with no date announced for their 2025 showdown.
• During an extended stay in Thailand, Jones hinted at possible retirement and expressed interest in exhibition matches, signaling a potential shift in his career beyond active UFC competition.
• Aspinall’s ongoing social-media trolling of Jones reached a new peak with a teased “heavyweight news” clothing-line launch that frustrated fans expecting a fight update.
• A Change.org petition demanding that Jones be stripped of his heavyweight title has exceeded 159,000 signatures, underscoring mounting fan frustration over his prolonged absence.
• UFC insiders and fighters such as Sean O’Malley, Chael Sonnen and Daniel Cormier have publicly questioned Jones’s delay and warned Aspinall against alienating supporters through extended theatrics.