Jon Jones is becoming a member of forces with Mike Perry.
Soiled Boxing Championship announced Friday that the UFC heavyweight champion and former gentle heavyweight nice has signed on to be a co-owner of the fight sports activities promotion. The information was first reported by TMZ.
“I used to be hooked from the primary present,” Jones stated within the announcement. “I consider that is going to be a powerhouse of fight sports activities. I’m proud to signal my title subsequent to it.”
The transfer additionally continues Jones’ working relationship with managers Malki and Abe Kawa, who based Soiled Boxing alongside Perry in in 2024. The Soiled Boxing ruleset options fighters competing in five-ounce gloves, with elbows and restricted ground-and-pound included.
Soiled Boxing holds its subsequent occasion Saturday, headlined by former UFC middleweight title challenger Yoel Romero combating Ras Hylton in a heavyweight bout. Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski competes within the co-main occasion, the place he fights Terrance Hodges.
Jones is anticipated to be in attendance at Saturday’s present in Miami.
Jones’ UFC profession is at the moment on maintain as followers wait to see if he’ll signal on for a bout with interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall. “Bones” has dismissed Aspinall as a contender on a number of events, as a substitute leaning in direction of a battle with Alex Pereira, who lately misplaced his gentle heavyweight title to Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313.
