Fighter vs. Writer: Matt Brown Reacts to Jon Jones Already Returning from Retirement, Jake Paul Getting Ranked After Latest Win

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🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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On the latest episode of The Fighter vs. The Writer, Matt Brown and Damon Martin react to the news that Jon Jones is already planning to end his retirement with hopes of fighting at the White House plus does Conor McGregor teasing his return for that card even matter anymore? Plus we discuss Jake Paul earning a ranking by the WBA after his lopsided win over Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. and much more. Subscribe to MMA Fighting Check out our full video catalog Like MMA Fighting on Facebook Follow on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:20.6	Welcome back to the fighter versus the writer.
0:23.3	I am Damon Martin.
0:24.3	He is UFC legend Matt Brown.
0:25.7	And Matt, we are rolling into our next UFC fight.
0:28.9	We actually had a week off on July 4th.
0:30.5	I didn't realize that.
0:31.6	But we did.
0:32.5	We got UFC 318 coming up in a week in a little while.
0:35.5	We got UFC going to the White House.
0:37.1	John Jones out of retirement.
0:38.6	It never slows down.
0:40.4	Yeah, we won't have July 4th off next year, will we?
0:43.4	Probably not.
0:44.4	Probably not.
0:45.0	Not looking like it.
0:45.8	Who knows?
0:47.1	You think that's confirmed?
0:48.2	You think they're really going to do that?
0:49.7	I mean, listen, if you would have told me, if you would have told me a decade ago that a sitting president would be like a regular UFC events, I would have said absolutely not.
1:00.6	And, you know, a decade ago or I guess maybe a little over a decade ago, no one would have thought Donald Trump was going to be president.
1:06.0	You know what I mean?
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