UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones would require an enormous payout to combat Tom Aspinall within the Octagon, as ‘Bones’ believes that Aspinall’s profession wants him.
Tom Aspinall Wants Jon Jones
Everybody surrounding the UFC desires to see Jon Jones combat Tom Aspinall besides one individual… Jon Jones.
Jones has been dodging a combat in opposition to up and coming heavyweight celebrity Aspinall ever since he made his return to the Octagon and a possible title combat between the pair is the one factor that has been mentioned since Jones knocked out Stipe Miocic at UFC 309.
“He’s annoying to me,” Jones mentioned. “He’s annoying to me and that’s my very own private—he annoys me. I get it you guys discover it entertaining, however I discover him annoying. I simply don’t like him and on the finish of the day, if I give him the chance to combat me, I wish to be so compensated.
Jon Jones stays adamant that he does NOT wish to combat Tom Aspinall, and desires to combat Alex Pereira subsequent
“I don’t wish to combat harmful up-and-comers anymore. I wish to combat harmful, established champions.”#UFC #MMA #UFC309 pic.twitter.com/vgEyUnssgT
— Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) November 17, 2024
“I wish to say it, I would like that ‘f*ck you’ cash, actually. That’s simply what it’s. Or else my life is ideal with out him. I don’t want him in any respect and he wants me and that’s a superb place to be in a negotiation.”
Jones wouldn’t put an actual determine on what he would hope to earn out of an Aspinall title combat however he did say it’s “a really, very excessive quantity.”
Throughout the construct as much as UFC 309, Jones was consistently questioned a few potential combat with Aspinall however he was at all times fast to close down any discuss concerning the British heavyweight and concentrate on his conflict with Miocic.
Jones’ return to the Octagon was emphatic final weekend and he received through an emphatic technical knockout to proceed his unbeaten streak that stretches again to early 2010.
Jon Jones now has a 20-fight unbeaten streak, the longest in UFC historical past 😲
DIFFERENT 🔥 #UFC309 pic.twitter.com/SDnxEKSy0V
— ESPN MMA (@espnmma) November 17, 2024
There was no signal of Aspinall after the combat at Madison Sq. Backyard however the Manchester-born star revealed after that he was truly not allowed to attend the post-fight festivities – probably one other signal that Jones is dodging the problem.
Within the rapid aftermath of UFC 309 we’re nonetheless but to search out out what Jon Jones’ subsequent transfer shall be within the UFC however followers shall be hoping for a title combat in opposition to Aspinall or Alex Pereira fairly than retirement for the 37-year-old.