Tom Aspinall has used many phrases to explain Jon Jones and it seems like he’s given up making an attempt to determine “Bones” out.
The No. 1 heavyweight on this planet has lengthy known as for a matchup with Jones to unify their heavyweight championship belts, with Aspinall holding an interim title and Jones presently acknowledged because the UFC’s undisputed champion. Aspinall has been a dominant drive within the heavyweight division, recording a 8-1 document within the UFC and having already defended his interim title as soon as. Jones, the longtime gentle heavyweight king, claimed a vacant title by working by Ciryl Gane in March 2023 after which adopted that up with one-sided knockout victory over fellow legend Stipe Miocic at UFC 309.
A bout between the heavyweight stars makes all of the sense on this planet on paper, however Jones has publicly shot down a matchup with Aspinall attributable to Aspinall not being deserving of the struggle, in his opinion.
Aspinall just lately mentioned he’s “very optimistic” regarding the UFC’s plans for him and whether or not that includes Jones or not is a thriller. In a current phrase affiliation phase with UFC on TNT Sports activities, Aspinall was requested for his opinion on various notable fighters and unsurprisingly, the perfect was saved for final.
“Unusual man,” Aspinall mentioned, when Jones’ image got here up.
That’s about so far as Aspinall’s trash speak goes with regard to Jones, although he has taken sly pictures on the gentle heavyweight GOAT previously. Primarily, Aspinall’s public jabs have come within the type of him or his fan base referring to Jones as a “duck” for not signing on for a struggle. Even Jones has embraced the duck speak, having modified his Twitter avatar to a picture of a duck with a UFC championship belt wrapped round it.
Whether or not one views Jones’ conduct as unusual or unusual or cowardly or one thing else, the ball stays in his court docket so far as making a struggle with Aspinall occur.
Watch the clip above to see what Aspinall needed to say about different heavyweight contenders in addition to stars Islam Makhachev, Ilia Topuria, and extra.
