Former flyweight nice Demetrious Johnson thinks Dana White’s silence speaks volumes.
Ever since Jon Jones’ third-round knockout of Stipe Miocic in November, struggle followers have been clamoring for a title unification conflict between the undisputed heavyweight champion and Tom Aspinall, the UFC’s present interim heavyweight king.
Reality be instructed, followers had been calling for that struggle lengthy earlier than then, however with Jones’ enterprise with Miocic lastly within the books, there’s nothing stopping the UFC from making the champion vs. champion showdown a actuality, apart from guaranteeing ‘Bones’ a giant fats payday for what may very properly be the final struggle of his UFC profession.
However in response to ‘Mighty Mouse,’ the UFC could have already got Jones vs. Aspinall locked in.
Throughout a current interview with The MMA Guru, the previous UFC and ONE flyweight world titleholder believes that Dana White’s uncommon silence relating to the struggle is a powerful indication that the promotion already has a deal in place and is simply taking its time to make the blockbuster announcement.
“Since Dana White hasn’t gone on, and no one’s actually requested about it, proper? Normally, after every pay-per-view or every Combat Night time, Dana White’s there, they usually’re like, ‘Hey, you understand, we haven’t seen any motion from Tom. What’s happening?’ Proper? However no one’s requested, so I feel you’re onto one thing. I feel it’s a completed deal,” Johnson stated.
After KOs Over Sergei Pavlovich and Curtis Blaydes, dana white Can not deny Tom Aspinall
After struggling a torn pectoral muscle that took him out of his beforehand scheduled conflict with Moicic at UFC 295, the promotion shortly booked an interim heavyweight title struggle between Aspinall and Russian knockout artist Sergei Pavlovich within the night’s co-main occasion.
It solely took Aspinall 69 seconds to ship Pavlovich crashing to the canvas, scoring a quick-fire KO and claiming his first UFC gold.
Since then, Aspinall has defended the interim title, incomes one other gorgeous 60-second knockout over Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 in July.
