Jon Jones seems to laugh that he was not nominated for a 'best UFC Fighter' Espy Award from 2025.
Legendary two-weight world champion Jones hung up his gloves last weekend, furious fans as he chose to defend his title in a undy match with interim champion Tom Aspinall. The end of his iconic career came months after his only heavyweight title defense with Stipe Miocic on UFC 309.
In recent months, Jones teases his future within the Octagon and insists on fighting with apparently someone except Aspinall. However, he eventually settled with an overwhelming pension that Dana WHITE announced at the UFC Baku Post-Fight Press Conference.
Jon Jones trolls fans after they have been split off before 2025 Espy nomination
On Thursday evening the list of nominees for the ESPY Awards 2025 was announced, including the 'best UFC Fighter' category. Islam Makhachev, Dricus du Plessis, Kayla Harrison and Merab Dvalishvili all made the cut after huge years.
It is not surprising that Jon Jones did not earn a nomination after just one matte fight against an aging Stipe Miocic after almost two years of inactivity. Aspinall was also not nominated after he could only fight once pending the title Unification.
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“What!?” Jones tweeted in a clear tongue-in-cheek message. “No bones?!” Fans did not seem to get the joke and spot him as if he were legitimate angry by not being nominated. “Someone takes away grandfather's phone,” wrote a fan. “It is going to be sad at the moment.”
Another added: “It seems that they only considered hunters who were active in 2025 for this prize”, while another one wrote: “Jon, you are retired with smiling for attention.”
Jon Jones withdrew from the competition after just one heavyweight title defense
Jon Jones never seemed to be too enthusiastic about the idea of being confronted with Tom Aspinall, despite the insistence of Dana White that the fight would happen. He reportedly agreed with the fight for a huge record -breaking wallet, but later went back to the idea.
Jones had a legendary run on light heavyweight, only hindered by his own problems outside the cage with legal problems and failed drug tests. He then spent three years between 2020 and 2023, in which time he was bulging to heavyweight to defeat Ciryl Gane and become a two -weight champion.
However, the disaster struck when his first defense against Stipe Miocic was canceled due to a horrible shoulder injury. In the meantime, Aspinall interim Golden won himself as the best competition in the division, but Jones never fully recognized him as a legitimate potential opponent.