Jon Jones solely had phrases for Alex Pereira after the conclusion of UFC 321, not Tom Aspinall.
Saturday’s occasion in Abu Dhabi led to huge disappointment with heavyweight champion Aspinall unable to proceed after taking a Ciryl Gane poke to the eyes. The bout was dominated a no-contest, which trigger followers at Etihad Enviornment to bathe the fighters with boos.
Making issues worse for Aspinall was this was his first bout as undisputed champion. When Jones retired with a heavyweight belt this previous June, the UFC elevated Aspinall from interim to undisputed standing, and a win over Gane would have served as a coronation for Aspinall, who had hunted unification bout with Jones for over a 12 months.
Jones has since introduced his plans to come back out of retirement and struggle on the historic UFC White Home occasion tentatively scheduled for June 4, however he’s undoubtedly not coming again for Aspinall.
“Alex, I’d be right down to deliver the very best ability stage to the White Home,” Jones wrote on Twitter referring to Pereira. “I admire the respect you confirmed, let’s dance.”
Pereira is at the moment in his second reign as UFC gentle heavyweight champion—a title Jones held for the higher a part of a decade earlier than later changing into heavyweight champion—and he has additionally held UFC gold at middleweight. He has been open about desirous to chase a 3rd title at heavyweight and posted his personal response to Saturday’s major occasion on Instagram.
“Let’s make the heavyweight division nice once more,” Pereira wrote in a caption, accompanied by a clip of him laughing on the ending of UFC 321. He has beforehand acknowledged his curiosity in assembly Jones in a superfight.
Regardless of Jones circuitously addressing him, Aspinall didn’t escape Jones’s consideration. “Bones” modified his Instagram profile image from a duck—a reference to Aspinall supporters accusing Jones of avoiding a struggle with Aspinall—to a duck with a watch patch.
