Issues are as soon as once more heating up between heavyweight champion Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall.
In July, Aspinall turned the primary fighter in additional than a decade to defend an interim belt, squaring off with Curtis Blaydes within the UFC 304 co-main occasion in Manchester. Aspinall solely wanted 60 seconds to complete Blaydes, avenging his lone loss contained in the Octagon and establishing himself as maybe the perfect heavyweight blended martial artist on this planet.
Instantly following the end, all eyes turned proper again to Jon Jones, the UFC’s undisputed heavyweight champion, who has been relentlessly trolled by Aspinall and combat followers for constantly ducking a unification conflict in favor of an pointless legacy combat in opposition to two-time titleholder Stipe Miocic.
Not too long ago, Aspinall took one more dig at ‘Bones’ on social media through a video skit that includes the Salford, England native on the hunt for a combat with Jones.
Jon Jones teases retirement as soon as once more, Tom Aspinall Reacts
Shortly after the video went stay, Jones went off on his critics by authoring a sequence of posts on X that continued to dismiss Aspinall as a reliable challenger and suggesting that he might not stick round lengthy sufficient to combat the UK-based star as soon as caring for some enterprise with Miocic in November.
It didn’t take lengthy for Aspinall to snap again at Jones.
“Surprise if it was that video or my preventing that retired him?” Aspinall shared on his Instagram Tales. Please ensure you go me the belt on the best way out of the Octagon if you happen to beat Biden.
Clearly, Aspinall and Jones are removed from carried out taking digs at each other on-line, however whether or not or not we ever see them settle their variations contained in the Octagon stays a thriller.
