Heavyweight champion, Jon Jones has revealed he not only received an offer from the organization to headline UFC 300 in a stunning return to the Octagon in April – but also made his own offer to feature at the flagship showcase, albeit while he’s still recovering from recent surgeries.
Jones, a former undisputed light heavyweight champion under the banner of the UFC twice, and current heavyweight gold holder, has been sidelined since snapping a three-year-plus hiatus back in March, landing the vacant heavyweight crown with a guillotine choke submission win over Ciryl Gane.
And slated to make his comeback at UFC 295 back in November, a pectoral tendon tear forced Jones from his first title defense at heavyweight, in the form of a long-anticipated pairing with ex-titleholder, Stipe Miocic.