Jon Jones accuses Tom Aspinall of being quick to | MMA News
When Jon Jones held the undisputed UFC heavyweight championship, the battle promotion aggressively labored to guide a title unification bout between Jones and interim titleholder Tom Aspinall. Jones show no curiosity in battle and retired. Aspinall was then elevated from interim to undisputed champion.
In his first title protection as undisputed titleholder, Aspinall confronted former interim champion Ciryl Gane in the UFC 321 main event on Oct. 26 in Abu Dhabi. The battle ended prematurely late in the opening spherical after Gane by chance poked Aspinall in the eyes. The Brit was unable to see and unable to continue, and the bout was ruled a no contest.
Jones questions Aspinall’s toughness when dealing with adversity and accused the current titleholder of being quick to stop when harm.
“When Tom gets hurt, he’s like immediately incapacitated. Immediately,” Jones said on the No Scripts Podcast. “It’s like, he poked my eye, and then he’s like immediately, there’s no like (blinking). Dude, I would have been the silliest looking cat on national TV (blinking). Trying.
“Same factor with Curtis Blaydes when he harm his knee. There was no limping. There was no attempting to get up. It’s just like immediately, burn my village I am unable to go on like this,” continued Jones. “He immediately quits. When he acquired tapped out with an ankle lock, there was no attempting to battle his palms. He immediately stop.”
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Jones came out of retirement after two weeks prompted by the announcement of next year’s UFC event at the White House. If he had his way, Jones would have his octagon swan song at the event.
“I hope so. I actually hope so,” he said.
Jones last fought at UFC 309 last November, defeating former two-time heavyweight titleholder Stipe Miocic via TKO. It was Jones’ first and only heavyweight title protection.
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