Jon Jones responds to Tom Aspinall’s newest shot, assured he’d nonetheless ‘whip his ass’

The feud between Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall is rising into top-of-the-line in MMA.

The UFC heavyweight champion unleashed a flood of tweets Friday morning as he answered trolls and followers on social media. It was triggered by Aspinall responding to Jones’ vulgar response on Instagram, questioning Jones’ legacy due to his checkered previous with PED use.

This induced Jones to reply these legacy questions instantly on X.

“Yep, labored my ass to show my innocence,” Jones wrote in a reply to a Twitter consumer. “Now picograms are authorized in our sport. Actually, none of that can matter just a few years from now after I’m protecting my children tuition. You guys nonetheless laughing about what occurred on the workplace, I’m exterior on a golf cart.”

Jones has a protracted historical past with failed drug assessments, most notably for his failed assessments surrounding UFC 200 in July 2016, which resulted in his elimination from the cardboard simply days prematurely. In that incident, Jones examined optimistic for 2 banned substances which he efficiently argued he ingested by a contaminated product.

A 12 months later at UFC 214, Jones examined optimistic for turinabol which he once more argued was the results of a contaminated product. He then examined optimistic for a similar metabolites forward of UFC 232, however docs deemed that to be the results of a long-term “pulsing impact” of the metabolite, and never a separate incident. In 2019, USADA then set new threshold ranges for sure medication, which Jones argued “exonerates him” from his earlier testing points.

Jones then turned to questions claiming that he’s avoiding a showdown with UFC interim heavyweight champion Aspinall by possible dealing with Stipe Miocic at UFC 309.

Bro, completely. I’m getting near being in struggle form and I’m weighing in at 245 now. He most likely cuts weight to get right down to heavyweight. The evening we fought he would most likely weigh a stable 25 kilos greater than me, seven years youthful, and I’d nonetheless whip his ass like I’ve performed everybody else. You guys can go forward and consider the hype, I’ll maintain doing what I’ve at all times performed, win

Perhaps I’ll depart you with blue balls, however my legacy can be simply advantageous. I’ve performed approach an excessive amount of work on this recreation. There’s individuals around the globe that’s been watching me struggle since they’ll keep in mind. He must go on and win like 10 championships not less than to ensure that that to occur. The work I put in, that physique of labor ain’t getting touched no time quickly.

Aspinall absolutely gained’t miss his likelihood to reply within the coming days.

Jed Meshew contributed to this report.