Tom Aspinall may be extra pissed off than UFC followers in the case of the Jon Jones state of affairs.
The interim UFC heavyweight champion has been asking for his likelihood to unify the heavyweight title with Jones, and after the two-division champion destroyed Stipe Miocic in November at UFC 309, the struggle nonetheless appears nowhere nearer to being made seven months later.
Talking on the Excessive Efficiency Podcast, Aspinall was requested what he might do to make the struggle occur.
“Me, personally, I can’t do something,” Aspinall mentioned. “I simply assume it’s all the way down to cash on his aspect. I’ll struggle each time — each time, wherever he needs — nevertheless it’s all the way down to cash I believe. …
“I simply assume that at this stage in his profession, he’s had a tremendous profession, I simply assume that… he’s like 37, 38 years previous, however not solely that, he’s received 1,000,000 miles on the clock. So he’s received a number of injury on the physique, he’s [taken] a number of pictures to the top. And that’s not me saying something detrimental. That’s the fact of it, and I’m positive Jon Jones is conscious of that.”
Following Jones’ win over Miocic, he left the following transfer of his profession up in there, the place he might retire, or probably struggle Aspinall for the proper worth.
Aspinall understands why Jones would wish to safe an enormous bag of cash on the tail finish of his profession, however he’s getting a bit uninterested in ready for Jones to commit — and being requested in regards to the state of affairs at this level.
“Whenever you put him in there with, and I’m not attempting to blow my very own trumpet, however I’m actually essentially the most harmful man within the UFC should you take a look at the stats,” Aspinall defined. “Whenever you put him in with a man of my dimension who has them credentials at this stage in his profession, I believe Jon’s a sensible man and realizes that, so he needs to be compensated financially for it. …
“I’m effectively bored of [the Jones conversation]. I’ve had sufficient. We both must struggle, or I would like to maneuver on to one thing else.”
