On Saturday during the UFC 326 broadcast, Dana White and co. unveiled the Freedom 250 (UFC White House card).
Notably absent was Jon Jones, who earlier in the week said he had been in negotiations to appear.
During White’s post-fight press conference appearance, the UFC President and CEO claimed that Jones was never going to appear on the card, though he did admit the matchmakers had spoken to him. About what, if “Bones” was never considered for the event, seems unclear.
Jones, on Sunday, posted a number of messages on social media in response, before subsequently deleting several of them.
“So all of this negotiating was complete bullshit, is that what you want me to agree to publicly?” Jones questioned in one post. In another, he asked, “I’m released from the UFC?!!”
Jones had made no secret about his desire to fight at the White House event, while his boss, White, made no bones about the fact that he didn’t want to entrust Jones with such a major responsibility. Over the years, Jones has been stripped of three UFC titles, fled the scene after hitting a pregnant woman’s vehicle with his car, failed drug tests, and forced an entire event to be moved to another state on short notice.
Still, he remains the UFC’s consensus GOAT, a former two-division champ, and came out of retirement and rejoined the UFC’s drug testing pool for a chance to represent his country at the White House.
“Man, how f*cking painful,” Jones admitted in yet another post on Sunday.
