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UFC CEO: Heavyweight Title Fight Was 'Done' Before Jones Changed Mind
Dana White doesn’t have answers as to whether Jon Jones’ latest legal troubles hastened his retirement, but he does know this much: Jones vs. Tom Aspinall was all but a done deal before “Bones” changed his mind.
“I saw [the news about Jones’ legal troubles] today. When I saw it today I said everybody’s going to think this is why he retired. Maybe that is why he retired. Who the hell knows. I don’t know. These are all questions you’ve got to ask him,” White said during a media scrum (via MMAFighting.com).
“We had the fight done. You saw me talking about it very confidently that this fight was going to happen and he changed his mind.”