UFC's Dana White hints that recently retired Jon Jones, Conor McGregor could return for White House fights
UFC legend Georges St-Pierre tells Fox News Digital he's hoping Conor McGregor can finally return to the octagon.
President Donald Trump revealed plans last week to have a UFC card at the White House to celebrate the United States' 250th birthday next year.
"Every one of our national parks, battlefields and historic sites are going to have special events in honor of ‘America250,’ and I even think we’re going to have a UFC fight," Trump said in a speech at the Iowa State Fairgrounds last week in an address on the eve of the Fourth of July.
It would be an unprecedented event, and UFC President Dana White is promising "the baddest card of all time."
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Donald Trump speaks with Dana White, left, during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in New York, N.Y., Nov. 16, 2024. (Brad Penner/Imagn Images)
"Everybody wants to fight on this card. Literally everybody," White told the "Full Send Podcast" this week.
So much so, White confirmed that Jon Jones, who announced his retirement June 21, "jumped back in the [drug-testing] pool."
When asked if that was official, White replied, "Oh yeah."
After Jones' retirement, his heavyweight title went to Tom Aspinall. So, it's not hard to imagine what White's "dream main event" is.
Jon Jones reacts after his TKO victory against Stipe Miocic in a UFC heavyweight championship fight during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden Nov. 16, 2024, in New York City. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)
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"The dream main event right now would be Aspinall vs. Jones," White said, without much hesitation.
Jones all but confirmed this week he'd be fighting at the


