Interim UFC heavyweight champion, Tom Aspinall seems to be rising impatient on the shortage of motion on his mooted struggle with Jon Jones — calling for the division to maneuver additional amid a number of current fights which the Brit claims “completely stink.
Aspinall, the present interim heavyweight titleholder, has but to return to motion since featured at UFC 304 final summer time in his native Manchester.
And efficiently defending the interim crown and avenging his sole Octagon loss, Atherton native, Aspinall made quick work of perennial contender, Curtis Blaydes with a dominant opening spherical knockout win.
Tom Aspinall claims heavyweight division “absolutely stinks”
Anticipated to tackle fellow heavyweight gold holder, Jones later this 12 months — doubtlessly in a summer time comeback throughout Worldwide Battle Week in June, Tom Aspinall has referred to as for the division to maneuver on past the Rochester native, claiming the lie of the heavyweight land not too long ago “absolutely stinks”.
“These heavyweight fights lately absolutely stink,” Tom Aspinall wrote on his official Instagram Tales. “Let’s get some excitement back and stop holding it up.”
Hoping to lastly safe a grudge struggle with former pound-for-pound primary, Jones later this annum, Aspinall has been warned by UFC CEO, Dana White that if the previous fails to come back to the desk by the summer time — they’ll doubtless transfer on from the pairing.
“Yeah, there’s no situation. It’s the biggest fight that we can make and, you know, I know the fans like to mess with Jon (Jones) or whatever,” Dana White mentioned. “Jon Jones isn’t afraid of anybody and Jon Jones will fight anybody. It’s just a matter of getting the fight done now. That’s our job.”
“One hundred percent,” Dana White mentioned of probably stripping Jon Jones of the heavyweight title. “Listen, if we don’t get the fight done, we move on and we make another fight. But not last night, but the night before. I mean, I was up in my room with my people till like six in the morning. We’re working on lots of stuff right now. There’s lots of really good sh*t going on right now.”
