Jon Jones Likes Chances to Compete on UFC White House Card 'Despite the Odds'

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Jon Jones isn’t fazed by extremely long odds.

While UFC CEO Dana White has repeatedly dismissed the possbility of Jones taking part in the promotion’s highly-anticipated card at the White House next year, “Bones” won’t give up on the dream. Most recently, White set the odds at a “billion-to-one” that Jones would have a place at the event.

“Despite the odds, I’m still training and optimistic about the possibility of being part of the White House event,” Jones wrote on X. “At the end of the day, Dana is the boss and it’s his call whether I compete that night or not. I do know Dana was really excited about the fight, and the door hasn’t been completely closed. That’s all a guy like me really needs. It sounds like another awesome goal to be inspired by.

“Sometimes in life, we’re not going to reach everything we set out to do and that’s okay. But I like my chances… after all, one in a billion is exactly what it took to end up as Jon ‘Bones’ Jones in the first place.”

Despite the odds, I’m still training and optimistic about the possibility of being part of the White House event. At the end of the day, Dana is the boss and it’s his call whether I compete that night or not. I do know Dana was really excited about the fight, and the door hasn’t…

— Jonny Meat (@JonnyBones) August 18, 2025

Although White guaranteed that a title unification bout between Jones and Tom Aspinall would happen in 2025, “Bones” elected to retire in June. However, he re-rentered the drug-testing pool two weeks later when President Donald Trumph announced plans to hold a UFC card at the White House to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States.

Jones, White Have Difference of Opinion on UFC White House Card

For the most part, White has balked when asked to engage in any potential matchmaking for the event, which could take place on July 4, 2026 — a Saturday. That tone changes when discussing Jones, whose history has included numerous run-ins with the law — including a charge of fleeing the scene of an accident in February — as well as a number of failed drug tests.

“Let me ask you, what do you think Jon would do in the next couple of months that would make me trust putting him on the White House card?” White said on Saturday night. “So I already said that I don’t trust him, and you’re asking me what could he do for me to trust him in the next three months? You don’t trust him! I don’t talk to him either. I haven’t talked to him at all. If I had to make odds, it’s a billion-to-one that I put Jon Jones on the White House card.”