Reigning UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones provided up his response to Tom Aspinall’s call-out at UFC London.
On Saturday, the promotion returned to the O2 Area for one more stacked evening of fights in The Massive Smoke. Within the co-main occasion of the night, native fan favourite ‘Meatball’ Molly McCann got here up brief in her return to the Octagon, struggling a first-round submission loss by the hands of Julija Stoliarenko. The UK crowd was understandably dejected, nevertheless it didn’t take lengthy for them to overlook all about McCann’s fumble as soon as heavyweight contender Tom Aspinall stepped contained in the Octagon.
Returning a yr after struggling a devastating knee damage 15 seconds into his final look towards Curtis Blaydes, Tom Aspinall confirmed the world that not solely is he again, however he’s higher than ever. Aspinall only needed 73 seconds to dispatch his opponent, Marcin Tybura, and re-establish himself as one of many heavyweight division’s most official contenders.
Following the victory, Aspinall laid out a quite simple three-step plan en path to changing into the UFC heavyweight world champion.
“I’m gonna go to Paris, I’m gonna sit within the entrance row and see Cyril Gane vs. Serghei Spivak, I’m gonna beat the winner, after which I’m gonna beat Jon Jones,” Aspinall stated in his post-fight interview.“
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It didn’t take lengthy for the heavyweight champ to situation a response. Taking to Twitter, Jon Jones seemingly permitted of Aspinall’s plan. “Sounds good lol,” Jones tweeted.
Tom Aspinall is now 6-1 contained in the Octagon, his solely loss coming as a result of knee damage he suffered in London final yr. Previous to that, Aspinall picked off two absolute juggernauts within the heavyweight division, Alexander Volkov and Sergei Spivac. Aspinall has completed all of his opponents beneath the UFC banner to date with solely one in all them, Andrei Arlovski, escaping the primary spherical.
He presently sits because the No. 5 ranked fighter within the division and is probably going one large win away from solidifying himself as the following man in line for a heavyweight title alternative.
Presently, Jon Jones is slated to defend his title towards normal consensus heavyweight GOAT Stipe Miocic when the promotion returns to the world-famous Madison Sq. Backyard in November for UFC 295.
