Conor McGregor<\/a>, the biggest star the sport has ever seen, and Jon Jones<\/a>, arguably the greatest fighter of all time, have both thrown their names in the hat to fight at the historical event a year out from it.<\/p>\n Of course, Jones recently retired in June, only to return to the drug testing pool weeks after. Meanwhile, McGregor hasn\u2019t fought in over four years and is coming off his first fight withdrawal against Michael Chandler<\/a> at UFC 303 due to a toe injury.<\/p>\n UFC boss Dana White<\/a> was recently asked about the former two-division champions potentially fighting at the White House.<\/p>\n On Thursday, White reiterated that Jones was back in the drug testing pool, but said they\u2019re not talking about fights for him \u2018right now\u2019. <\/p>\n Would White trust either of them to headline the White House card a year from now? <\/p>\n \u201cI trust Conor,\u201d White answered Jim Rome<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cConor McGregor has never, ever [pulled out of a fight] unless he is seriously injured,\u201d White continued.<\/p>\n \u201cThis guy has always delivered.<\/p>\n \u201cJon, I\u2019m a little more skeptical about,\u201d White said of Jones.<\/p>\n Jones went for nearly 600 days without unifying the heavyweight titles against Tom Aspinall<\/a>. Instead of unifying the title against the interim champion, Jones fought a 42-year-old Stipe Miocic<\/a> in his retirement fight at UFC 309 in November, opting not to retire himself until seven months later.<\/p>\n There\u2019s only one American champion in the UFC right now<\/p>\n Jon Jones was the final American man to hold a UFC title.<\/p>\n That\u2019s not to say he\u2019ll be the last, but for the first time in a while, the UFC is down to only one American champion.<\/p>\n![\"Dana](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1327725142-scaled.jpg\")
Photo by Jeff Bottari\/Zuffa LLCDana White admits he\u2019s a \u2018little more skeptical\u2019 about Jon Jones than Conor McGregor<\/p>\n