Jon Jones Wants to Fight in UFC Event at White House, Could Face Tom Aspinall

Former UFC light heavyweight and heavyweight champion Jon Jones is quite interested in fighting at the proposed UFC event at the White House in celebration of the United States' 250th anniversary, per comments made to Joy of Everything's Joe Andaloro in an interview that dropped on social media Wednesday.

In addition, Jones would like to take on the heavyweight champion, whether that's current title holder Tom Aspinall or someone else.

Jones retired last June, but it appears that could be short-lived.

President Donald Trump announced on July 3 his intention to have a UFC event at the White House. UFC confirmed those plans a day later, with president Dana White saying the event would be "epic."

Jones was certainly interested.

Soon afterward, Jones announced that he re-entered the drug-testing pool, a necessary step to take to get back into the Octagon.

At the ESPYs red carpet, Jones once again discussed potentially returning during the White House event:

Perhaps the fight that never was between Jones and Aspinall finally occurs now. There was a long and drawn-out drama toward getting that fight to actually happen, as noted by ESPN, with the hope of unifying Jones' heavyweight belt and Aspinall's interim belt. It reached a dead end after Jones' retirement.

Aspinall is the champion now, but it appears Jones could have his eye on getting that belt back at the White House.