One of Jon Jones\u2019 biggest rivals didn\u2019t hold back on the former two-division UFC champion\u2019s latest retirement promises.<\/p>\n
After missing out on the upcoming UFC White House card, Jon Jones publicly called for his release from the promotion amidst an ongoing feud with CEO Dana White. According to Jones, White and the matchmakers \u2018lowballed\u2019 him in contract negotiations to fight at UFC Freedom 250<\/a>, and he was asking for more than $15 million to fight the likes of Alex Pereira or Tom Aspinall.<\/p>\n Amidst Jones\u2019 uncertain future with the UFC, he recently declared he was \u2018hanging up the gloves\u2019 and transitioning to his various business ventures. He\u2019s also coaching UFC heavyweight prospect Gable Steveson ahead of the Olympic gold medalist\u2019s planned debut later this summer.<\/p>\n This wasn\u2019t the first time that Jones announced his retirement from MMA<\/a>. He\u2019s flip-flopped at numerous points in his career, including a few months after he vacated the UFC light heavyweight title in 2020.<\/p>\n But one of Jones\u2019 biggest rivals, Chael Sonnen, believes Jones needs to explain himself after his checkered history of retirement claims.<\/p>\n Chael Sonnen questions Jon Jones\u2019 \u2018word\u2019 over latest retirement comments<\/p>\n In a recent social media video post<\/a>, Sonnen reacted to Jones\u2019 latest retirement teases.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cJon Jones publicly retired on Friday, which is enough, per the rules, to have yourself removed from the testing pool. Jon Jones, on Saturday, came back and said he is not officially retired, which, per the rules, is enough to reinsert yourself into the testing pool,\u201d Sonnen said of Jones.<\/p>\n \u201cNow, no, none of that stuff is happening, and it\u2019s all very silly, but there is a question: if you\u2019re the baddest dude in the world and you\u2019re going to be the world champion, you\u2019ve got to be a man. And nobody\u2019s going to mistake you for a man, let alone the man, if they can\u2019t trust you.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you put out a statement on Friday and the exact opposite statement on Saturday, there is a simple question, and it\u2019s not whether you\u2019re retired or not or if you\u2019re going to fight again,\u201d Sonnen continued on Jones. \u201cIt\u2019s simply, what good is your word?\u201d (h\/t MMA Fighting<\/a>)<\/p>\n Since their fight at UFC 159, tensions between Jones and Sonnen have ramped up in recent years. Sonnen is a prominent Jones critic, but acknowledged the former two-division champion shouldn\u2019t be excluded from the UFC GOAT debate<\/a> despite failing multiple drug tests.<\/p>\n Will Jon Jones fight in the UFC ever again? Let us know your predictions in the comments!<\/p>\n