If Jon Jones doesn’t make UFC 309, Anthony Smith thinks Stipe Miocic would struggle Tom Aspinall on quick discover.
Interim champion Aspinall has been dubbed because the official backup for the heavyweight title struggle between champion Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) and Miocic (20-4 MMA, 14-4 UFC), which headlines the Nov. 16 occasion at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Daniel Cormier doubts both Jones or Miocic would struggle Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) if the opposite withdraws, however Smith disagrees.
“I feel (Miocic) will,” Smith stated on his “Imagine You Me” podcast with Michael Bisping. “Anytime I’ve ever had conversations about this type of stuff with Stipe – I do know that I feel on this entire media world and never simply you (Bisping) and I, however the media within the normal and the UFC and everybody that talks about it, they make it look like Stipe actually provides a sh*t. He doesn’t actually give a sh*t. He’s barely a fighter. Like, he doesn’t have the mentality of a fighter except he’s in there actively combating. He doesn’t speak about fights, he doesn’t actually watch them that a lot. He trains each single day, however he’s simply not immersed on this world in any respect.
“He desires to beat Jon as a result of everybody else says that Jon is the very best. He couldn’t care much less about Jon Jones. He simply doesn’t. Whether or not it’s Jon or it’s Tom Aspinall, he’s going to coach about the identical. It’s not going to essentially change a lot. He has that mentality the place it’s not about what that man goes to do and the way I’m going to react to it. His entire mindset is flipped. Right here’s what I’m going to do and he has to cope with it. That’s how Stipe’s mindset has at all times been. So, whether or not it’s Jon or whether or not it’s Tom, it doesn’t change something for Stipe.”
Each Jones and Miocic will probably be getting back from lengthy layoffs, with Miocic having not fought since March 2021, and Jones March 2023. In the meantime, Aspinall has already defended his interim title with a fast TKO of Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 in July.
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