Tom Aspinall seriously disputes Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic

Tom Aspinall questions the legitimacy of Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic as a UFC heavyweight title fight.

Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) defends his belt against Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC) in Saturday’s UFC 309 (pay-per-view, ESPNews/Hulu/FX, ESPN+) headliner at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Interim heavyweight champion Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) awaits the winner for a title unification, except Jones has made it clear he’s not interested in facing Aspinall if he moves on after UFC 309, while Miocic generally expected to withdraw. .

“For me, this is far from an undisputed title fight. This is the most contested title you can possibly get,” Aspinall said on his YouTube channel. “Because there are two champions, and one of the champions, Jon Jones, avoids the other champion: me.

“And he has chosen to fight the 42-year-old Stipe, who has had a fantastic career – both guys have had a fantastic career, great legacies. But let’s be honest: it’s two old farts fighting each other for a title and taking it, which is kind of weird. No one that I can see cares about this fight.”

Jones’ attitude towards Aspinall hasn’t changed and he doesn’t seem to care what people think about him not wanting the fight. Addressing Aspinall in several interviews, Jones dismissed his resume by saying that unlike him, he has not beaten any champions.

Aspinall responded to Jones’ comments.

“This ducking and diving is something that I don’t really have respect for,” Aspinall said. “And of course it’s been quite interesting all that Jon Jones has said to the media this week and I’m sure there’s more to come.

“So Jon said I should fight multiple champions, but that’s the problem I have: Jon is the champion and he doesn’t want to fight me. He says he doesn’t want to fight me because it’s too much of a bet. Jon, if you’re not up for playing your legacy, it sounds to me like you’re afraid of losing to me.”

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