LAS VEGAS - FEBRUARY 05:  Jon Jones celebrates after beating Ryan Bader during their light heavyweight bout at UFC 126 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on February 5, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

TORONTO, CANADA - SEPTEMBER 22:    [CAPTION] during their light heavyweight championship bout at UFC 152 inside Air Canada Centre on September 22, 2012 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.  (Photo by Al Bello/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) 

NEW YORK, NY - JULY 31:  UFC president Dana White hosts a press conference live with UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, Junior Dos Santos, UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, Alexander Gustafsson, UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre, Johny Hendricks, UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and Miesha Tate at Beacon Theatre on July 31, 2013 in New York City.  (Photo by Mike Stobe/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

TORONTO, CANADA - SEPTEMBER 21:  (L-R) Jon 'Bones' Jones stares down Alexander 'The Mauler' Gustafsson in their UFC light heavyweight championship bout at the Air Canada Center on September 21, 2013 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) 

LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 02:  UFC light heavyweight champion Jon "Bones" Jones poses on the scale after weighing in during the UFC 182 weigh-in event at the MGM Grand Conference Center on January 2, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

Jon Jones kicks Daniel Cormier in their UFC light heavyweight championship bout during the UFC 182 event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on January 3, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jon Jones punches Daniel Cormier in their UFC light heavyweight championship bout during the UFC 182 event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on January 3, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

BALTIMORE, MD - APRIL 26: Jon "Bones" Jones crouches in the Octagon before his light heavyweight championship bout against Glover Teixeira during the UFC 172 event at the Baltimore Arena on April 26, 2014 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

Jon Jones kicks Ovince Saint Preux in their interim UFC light heavyweight championship bout during the UFC 197 event inside MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 23, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jon Jones punches Ovince Saint Preux in their interim UFC light heavyweight championship bout during the UFC 197 event inside MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 23, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jon Jones approaches Ovince Saint Preux in their interim UFC light heavyweight championship bout during the UFC 197 event inside MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 23, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jon Jones celebrates during the UFC 214 event at Honda Center on July 29, 2017 in Anaheim, California.

Jon jones kicks Daniel Cormier in their UFC light heavyweight championship bout during the UFC 214 event at Honda Center on July 29, 2017 in Anaheim, California.

Jon Jones celebrates during the UFC 214 event at Honda Center on July 29, 2017 in Anaheim, California.