Dana White believes Tom Aspinall must be subsequent for Jon Jones after the Stipe Miocic combat.
In the event you ask a majority of UFC fights, few of them are more likely to present curiosity in the upcoming conflict between Jones and Miocic. A lot of them would a lot slightly see Jones, the undisputed heavyweight world champion, unify his title with Aspinall’s interim belt. Sadly, that’s simply not the world we reside in.
After lobbying laborious for a combat with Jones, Aspinall has seemingly moved on, opting to change into the primary fighter to defend an interim belt in additional than a decade when he steps contained in the Octagon with Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 in Manchester.
In the meantime, Jones has nonetheless not locked down a rescheduled date for his conflict with the two-time titleholder, however all indicators seemingly level towards a November setting at Madison Sq. Backyard.
Ought to ‘Bones’ bag a win over the consensus heavyweight GOAT, one would assume a title unification contest can be a prime precedence, however that doesn’t seem to curiosity Jones in any respect. As a substitute, the previous gentle heavyweight champ has been gauging curiosity in a superfight with Alex Pereira on social media, persevering with to outright disrespect Aspinall’s standing.
Throughout a latest look on the Membership Shay Shay podcast with Shannon Sharpe, UFC CEO Dana White was requested a few potential showdown between Jones and Pereira. White made it clear that the Miocic combat “has to occur” first, however he believes Aspinall must be subsequent on Jones’ itinerary, not ‘Poatan.’
“To start with, he has to combat Stipe,” White mentioned. “That combat simply has to occur. The subsequent combat must be Aspinall. If Jon Jones beats Stipe, then Aspinall… He’s gonna come out and combat Stipe and the truth that he may combat Aspinall, it’s unbelievable. He’ll really not be appreciated till he’s gone.”
Dana White predicts Jon jones vs. Alex Pereira
White did nonetheless supply a little bit of a prediction ought to ‘Bones’ ever discover himself standing throughout from Pereira contained in the Octagon.
“Pereira is superb, however I believe Jon Jones walks by way of everyone,” White added.
Whereas Jon Jones continues to heal up from a pectoral tear he suffered in October, Aspinall and Pereira each put together to place their titles on the road. Stepping in on simply 16 days’ discover, ‘Poatan’ will put his gentle heavyweight title on the road in a championship rematch towards Jiri Prochazka at UFC 303 on June 29.
A month later, Aspinall will look to avenge his lone loss contained in the Octagon with he squares off with ‘Razor’ in his house nation.