Jon Jones embarked on a social media tirade after he was left off the card for UFC's huge White House event on June 14.
In celebration of the United States' 250th anniversary, UFC will stage the mammoth event called 'UFC Freedom 250: The White House' on the South Lawn of the iconic Washington D.C building.
5,000 spectators will be in attendance - including 1,000 members of the military - as well as 85,000 at 'The Ellipse' nearby.
On Saturday night, six huge fights were confirmed by UFC president Dana White - with Ilia Topuria defending the lightweight title against Justin Gaethje in the main event.
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Elsewhere, Alex Pereira will take on Ciryl Gane in a historic bout for the interim heavyweight title while Tom Aspinall is on the sidelines recovering from an eye injury suffered against the Frenchman.
Aspinall became heavyweight champion after two-weight champion Jones effectively refused to fight him.
Jones has not fought for the UFC since his title defence against Stipe Miocic in November 2024 and after it was announced he had retired, 'Bones' did re-enter the testing pool.
Yet after being snubbed for one of UFC's biggest ever rants, Jones ranted online on his official X account.
In reaction to the announcement, the 38-year-old posted a series of tweets where he expressed his frustration with his omission.
Jones wrote, "Make it make sense" and claimed he was "the fall guy" before commenting, "So all of this negotiating was complete bulls**t, is that what you want me to agree to publicly?"
Jones deleted all of his posts and then later added another when he said, "Laying in my bed, wrapping my head around this perception. All I can think is how f**king painful."
That post was also removed. In his press conference after UFC 326 in Las Vegas, White claimed that Jones was not "remotely in my mind to fight at the White House".
UFC White House card in full:
- Ilia Topuria vs Justin Gaethje
- Alex Pereira vs Ciryl Gane
- Sean O'Malley vs Aiemann Zahabi
- Mauricio Ruffy vs Michael Chandler
- Bo Nickal vs Kyle Daukaus
- Diego Lopes vs Steve Garcia
He also said that Jones is not in fighting shape, struggling with arthritis in his hips and likely needing a hip replacement - stressing that he is now retired.
White had admitted that there were conversations with Jones, who he considers to be the greatest UFC fighter of all time - but that his lawyer had already received a text about not being in contention prior to him claiming he was in negotiations last week.
Jones has a 28-1 record in MMA, with his only defeat coming in The Ultimate Fighter finale in 2009 by the way of disqualification due to illegal elbow strikes.
Topics: Jon Jones, Dana White, UFC
Josh Lawless