Newly-crowned undisputed heavyweight champion has vowed to the division rolling in the UFC once again — after the bombshell news of Jon Jones‘ official retirement from competition with immediate effect tonight.
Aspinall, a now-former interim titleholder at the heavyweight champion, was officially announced as the next undisptued heavyweight gold holder by long-time CEO, White tonight.
During his address to assembled media following UFC Baku in the promotion’s debut outing in Azerbaijan, White revealed Rochester veteran, Jones had spoken with promotional brass overnight, and would be retiring from competition in combat sports with immediate effect.