Tom Aspinall is de facto good, however Jon Jones is simply too sensible.
Over the past a number of days, each main MMA information outlet has been operating tales a couple of potential conflict between undisputed heavyweight titleholder Jon Jones and interim champion Tom Aspinall. Most of them surrounding Joe Rogan’s declare that ‘Bones’ was looking for a large $30 million payday for the battle.
Since then, Rogan has backtracked on his assertion after UFC CEO Dana White reportedly referred to as him up instantly and referred to as bullsh*t on the rumor.
Nonetheless, Rogan’s one remark concerning the battle instantly made waves, proving as soon as once more that fighters, followers, and analysts alike are determined to see two of one of the best MMA athletes on the planet compete in opposition to each other.
Proper now, Aspinall is a slight favourite to come back out on prime within the yet-to-be-announced unification conflict, however former champ-champ Henry Cejudo doesn’t essentially see it that manner.
Cejudo thinks Aspinall is nice, however not ok to beat Jon Jones
Talking on his Pound-4-Pound podcast alongside Kamaru Usman, ‘Triple C’ revealed that after seeing Aspinall prepare, he needed to admit that whereas the Brit is fairly rattling good, he’s not ok to beat the GOAT.
“Heavyweight, I’m going Jon Jones, bro,” Cejudo mentioned. “I watched a little bit little bit of Tom Aspinall yesterday. Actually, actually good. However Jones is simply too sensible, bro.”
We might not know precisely when Jones vs. Aspinall will go down, however we will affirm that Cejudo will step again contained in the Octagon on February 22 when the UFC heads again to Seattle, Washington.
In the primary occasion of the night, Cejudo will sq. off with No. 8 ranked contender Music Yadong. The co-main occasion may also see the return of one other former champion as Dominick Cruz faces Rob Font. Will probably be Cruz’s first time competing since an August 2022 loss to Marlon ‘Chito’ Vera.
