‘I Have A Date, I’ll Let Boss Man Dana Announce That’

“Bones” might be back sooner rather than later.

Since Jon Jones tore his pectoral muscle before his scheduled UFC 295 fight against Stipe Mioicic, everyone has been wondering when the UFC Heavyweight champion will make his highly anticipated return.

On Saturday, Jones took to his Twitter during the UFC 301 pay-per-view (PPV) to tease some fight news.

“I have a date, I’ll let boss man Dana announce that,” Jones wrote.

Jones added that he couldn’t name his opponent because “as [of] right now it’s just a verbal agreement.”

Jones has been very clear that he still has his eyes set on former UFC Heavyweight champion Miocic. However, in the past week, “Bones” has expressed interest in fighting current Light Heavyweight champion Alex Pereira.

He has no interest in fighting current interim Heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall because “he only matters in the U.K.”

The real question is, when does Jones return? Because the UFC PPV slate is kind of set. July is Manchester, August is Perth, September is Noche UFC, and October is Abu Dhabi. Does UFC put Jones back in New York in November? Or does he end the year in Las Vegas?

The end of the year feels like the correct place for him, but he also has to be cleared from any wrongdoing for his alleged ‘death threat’ to a drug test employee.

Hopefully, he stays out of trouble … it’s only May.

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