Jon Jones claims he isn’t pulling any strings amid the continued debacle on the high of the UFC’s heavyweight division, however former middleweight champ Michael Bisping isn’t shopping for it.
It’s been greater than two years since ‘Bones’ captured the heavyweight title. Since then, he’s defended the belt as soon as towards a past-his-prime Stipe Miocic, fully trying over Tom Aspinall, who had been the interim heavyweight champion for a yr by the point Jones lastly notched his first and solely protection.
‘The Depend’ calls out Jon jones
Throughout a current rant on social media, Jones took completely no duty for holding up a whole division, seemingly inserting the blame on the UFC and suggesting that the delays have “nothing to do with” him.
“Jon Jones received on Twitter and he was tweeting up a storm,” Bisping mentioned whereas discussing the continued Jon Jones saga on his YouTube channel. Right here’s what he needed to say concerning everybody saying that he’s ducking Tom Aspinall and stuff like that. He mentioned, ‘I spoke to the UFC a very long time in the past about what my future plans are. I haven’t actually labored out since my final battle in New York Metropolis. Actually, I imagine it’s within the UFC’s finest curiosity to maintain presenting me as the corporate’s champion, not Tom.’
“After which he goes on to say, ‘I’ve simply been taking part in the function of the corporate man by doing nothing in any respect and holding all of the place, and in truth, it’s been extremely profitable. I’ve made extra money off of Tom being the interim champ than Tom has himself. It sucks to see the remainder of the division get slowed down like this, however that has nothing to do with me. I don’t pull the strings.’
“Effectively, it does have all the pieces to do with you, Jon. You’re the champion and also you’re the man that ought to battle, that ought to defend or vacate.”
Tom Aspinall is the longest-reigning interim champion in UFC historical past, surpassing Renan Barao’s earlier report of 534 days. Sadly, there’s seemingly no finish in sight as ‘Bones’ continues to go the buck and take no accountability for his actions, or lack thereof.
