Interim heavyweight champion, Tom Aspinall seems as shut as he’s ever been to shifting on from a unification conflict with Jon Jones subsequent, claiming the Rochester native is holding up their long-drawn out matchup.
Aspinall, who has been sidelined from motion since final summer season, most lately co-headlined UFC 304 because the defending interim heavyweight champion.
And avenging his sole Octagon loss within the course of in Manchester, Aspinall made gentle work of veteran contender, Curtis Blaydes, the Atherton native landed a dominant opening spherical knockout win on residence soil.
Tom Aspinall prepared to maneuver on from Jon Jones title combat
Poised to face-off with former pound-for-pound primary, Jones ever since his dominant win towards Stipe Miocic in November at UFC 309, the pairing continues to hit the skids.
Inserting the blame for the failed focused summer season conflict on the doorstep of fellow heavyweight titleholder, Jones, Aspinall admitted he had no qualms about preventing one other contender for the undisputed championship subsequent.
“The UFC tell me, they assure me they are doing everything they can to make this fight,” Tom Aspinall stated on his YouTube channel. “So as far as I’m aware, this is now totally down to Jon Jones and his team to work that out. I’m literally just waiting for a date. But what’s holding it back is the UFC want to make the fight with me and Jon, and as far as I’m aware, it’s now about maybe financial, or otherwise. I’m not too sure, to be honest. I’m just waiting for the call right now.”
“I said quite a while ago now: I will retire Jon Jones without even fighting,” Tom Aspinall defined. “That’s something that I said. Jon, let’s do it. If you want to do it, you don’t have to ask me twice. If not, I’ll fight somebody else for the undisputed belt. Happy to fight anybody. Any time, anywhere – doesn’t matter. I’m ready to go.”
Apparently, Aspinall’s feedback on a possible recent matchup for the undisputed belt come scorching the heels of hypothesis that the British favourite is weighing up one other anticipated pairing with former interim champion, French technician, Ciryl Gane subsequent.
