Might Tom Aspinall’s lack of time contained in the Octagon be his greatest impediment in opposition to Jon Jones?
Within the time that it took Jon Jones to defend his undisputed UFC heavyweight title as soon as, Aspinall has fought 3 times. Nonetheless, his whole battle time is a mere three minutes and 22 seconds with wins over Marcin Tybura, Sergei Pavlovich, and Curtis Blaydes coming within the opening spherical.
By comparability, ‘Bones’ title protection in opposition to Stipe Miocic in November lasted 14:29.
Whereas discussing Aspinall’s inevitable unification conflict with Jones, former two-time title challenger Chael Sonnen steered that the Brit’s lack of battle time and by no means being actually pushed to the restrict contained in the Octagon may work in opposition to him.
“Tom hasn’t had a half hour in 4 years,” Sonnen mentioned on his YouTube channel. “You bought a couple of minutes over right here, and you bought a couple of minutes over right here. You’re rather a lot higher to couple that after which take the break on the again finish. You’re rather a lot higher to sprinkle it.
“When a battle seems to be tougher than you’re used to it being…that’s one factor about Jon Jones! His canine meter has been examined. He has needed to convey it in!”
Tom Aspinall accused Jon Jones of ‘Conning the general public’
On condition that Tom Aspinall is the UFC’s reigning interim heavyweight champion, a showdown with ‘Bones’ ought to have been a foregone conclusion. Sadly, something may very well be farther from the reality.
Regardless of Dana White’s latest positivity that the battle will occur this summer season, Aspinall has continued to precise his frustration over the stalled scrap, going as far as to accuse ‘Bones’ of “conning the general public.”
“Hear, I’m not disputing that he’s an incredible fighter,” Aspinall advised Mike Majlak. “I feel the truth that he didn’t need to battle [Francis] Ngannou for 3 years and now he doesn’t need to battle me over a 12 months, and he simply the best way he manipulates the media and the general public is tremendous good. I don’t need to take something away from him.
“However do I feel he’s scared to take the powerful fights at this stage in his profession? Completely. I can [understand it], I respect it. However when you’re going to ask me the straight up query ‘is Jon Jones afraid to battle me?’ The trustworthy reply can be ‘sure’.”
