When President Donald Trump announced earlier this month that the UFC would be bringing the octagon to the White House lawn for a special pay-per-view, Jones immediately cancelled his retirement. He rejoined the UFC testing pool, and insisted that he now had a new purpose for competing once more.

Recently retired UFC all-time great Jon Jones has been creating buzz due to his plans to come out of his very brief retirement, as he announced he would be returning to the Octagon when he attended the ESPYs.

White said the promotion 'can't risk' putting Jones on such a high-profile card as talks already start for next summer's planned event