Tuesday, news broke that the UFC was returning to its most recent past generation of gloves for UFC 309 and not the updated ones that arrived in June. That was great news for Jones, who has not fought with the new gloves, and in using them in training ahead of his title defense against Stipe Miocic, had not grown used to them.

Whether Jon Jones is using the leverage of retirement to up his price for future bouts, or has run out of opponents that excite him, or is seriously contemplating the end of his career, it's clear his heavyweight title fight against longtime former champion Stipe Miocic on Saturday is likely one of the final times we'll see Jones (27-1,

UFC CEO Dana White insists that Jon Jones is the UFC's pound-for-pound best fighter. Not a week seemingly goes by without White making his case for UFC 309's headliner at Madison