Interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall formally weighed in because the backup fighter for the UFC 309 primary occasion between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic in case he needed to step in on last-minute discover. He attended the occasion at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis witnessing Jones’ dominant efficiency towards the previous two-time titleholder.
UFC CEO Dana White has made it clear in a number of interviews and on the UFC 309 Post-fight Press Conference that he desires Jones to face Aspinall subsequent. Jones, however, has completely different concepts.
Jones wish to tackle gentle heavyweight champion Alex Pereira in an excellent combat maybe with the BMF title on the road. Jones indicated that he is keen to relinquish the heavyweight championship and pursue legacy fights as a substitute of title bouts. Following his UFC 309 TKO win over Miocic, Jones did go away the door open for probably going through Aspinall subsequent.
“So far as my future within the octagon, I made a decision that perhaps I cannot retire and I’ve some conversations to have with Dana and Hunter [Campbell]. We now have some negotiating to do, and if all the pieces goes proper perhaps we’ll offer you guys what you need to see,” Jones stated in his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan.
Following the occasion, Aspinall met with White and different UFC executives. In line with Aspinall, the assembly when nicely.
“Simply had a gathering with Dana, the opposite UFC brass, Hunter, and all success,” Aspinall stated walking out of Madison Square Garden. “We’ll see you subsequent time. Huge information coming! Huge information coming.”
