After defending his heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, Jon Jones may very well be set to unify the title against Tom Aspinall, and bizarrely, Conor McGregor has weighed in on the matchup.
Once more showcasing why he is taken into account the best mixed martial artist of all time, Jon Jones easily dispatched Stipe Miocic this past Saturday within the UFC 309 foremost event, ending him within the third round.
‘Bones’ caused controversy amongst the fanbase when he admitted before his fight that he’s unlikely to fight interim champion Tom Aspinall in a title unification bout and as an alternative called for a fight against Alex Pereira.
Tom Aspinall claims Jon Jones ‘can’t sleep at night’ knowing Aspinall could beat him
Despite Jones’ adamance that he won’t fight the Brit, UFC CEO Dana White stuck to his guns after UFC 309 and stated that he wouldn’t make a fight between Jones and Pereira and that Jones must defend against Aspinall next.
Following the UFC 309 foremost event, Aspinall had a temporary meeting with the UFC brass and hinted that he would have ‘big news coming’ following successful talks.
Although Jones is acting as if he isn’t all for a fight against Aspinall, the interim champion believes that ‘Bones’ is afraid of the potential matchup and he ‘can’t sleep at night’ knowing Aspinall could beat him.
“He hates the undeniable fact that individuals are saying that I can beat him. He can’t sleep at night, all these items, he keeps mentioning it over and once again, that he doesn’t care about me and that he’s above me, that is all projecting man. Deep down he knows,” Aspinall said on the Ariel Helwani Show.
Conor McGregor slams Tom Aspinall as he offers advice to Jon Jones
The 31-year-old interim champion admitted that he thinks one among the explanation why Jones is hesitant to fight him, is because there isn’t much tape on the market on Aspinall contained in the cage.
“One in every of Jon Jones’ biggest benefits that he has over anybody, he’s said this on multiple interviews through the years, is that he’s a tape studier, as am I, a large tape studier.
“He has no probability of doing that with me because my average fight time is the shortest in UFC history at 2 minutes 2 seconds over 10 fights and that’s something that keeps him up at night. I’m a large query mark for him.
There’s next to no footage on me on the market aside from me bouncing people’s heads off the canvas and he has no idea what to organize for,” Aspinall continued.
Weighing in on Aspinall’s comments, former UFC two-weight world champion, Conor McGregor slammed the Brit and offered Jones some advice for his or her potential upcoming fight.
“That footage of him looking woeful vs Rico Verhoeven is nice footage to look at for Jon. I’ve warmed to this matchup, I feel it should occur,” McGregor stated in a now-deleted tweet on X.
Former Glory kickboxing world champion, Rico Verhoeven is a everlasting fixture of Aspinall’s incredible heavyweight super camp, and the 2 could be seen sparring often on Aspinall’s YouTube channel.
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