Jon Jones will not be “too involved” with Tom Aspinall, however earlier than lengthy, he’ll haven’t any alternative however to go toe-to-toe with the very best heavyweight in MMA.
Whereas Aspinall was busy each profitable and defending the interim UFC heavyweight championship, ‘Bones’ sat on the sidelines whereas recovering from a pectoral harm and speaking up his combat with former two-time titleholder Stipe Miocic.
Now that that combat is lastly within the books, all consideration has turned to the conflict followers truly need to see.
In fact, all of that hinges on whether or not or not Jon Jones will signal on the dotted line. For greater than a 12 months, ‘Bones’ has been utterly dismissive of a combat with Aspinall, suggesting that the British slugger is just not a sufficiently big title to garner his time or consideration.
Demetrious Johnson suggests it’s jon jones’ responsibility to combat the interim champion, prefer it or not
Throughout a latest interview with The MMA Guru, former UFC and ONE flyweight world champion Demetrious Johnson steered that because the undisputed heavyweight titleholder, ‘Bones’ has an obligation to combat Tom Aspinall, whether or not he’s “involved” in regards to the Brit or not.
“Jon Jones is like, I’m not too involved about Tom Aspinall,” Johnson stated. “I used to be like, um… effectively, he’s an interim champion. I feel—I feel by legislation… [laughs].”
Dana White has expressed confidence that Jones vs. Aspinall will go down in 2025. Johnson even believes that the UFC CEO already has each fighters locked right into a date, however with no official bulletins, followers proceed to stay skeptical.
Will Jones vs. Aspinall go down this 12 months, or will ‘Bones’ decide to retire on prime somewhat than placing his gold and his legacy on the road one final time? That’s the query that solely time will inform.
