UFC heavyweight champ Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic are rumored to fight at UFC 309 and this is going to mark the return of Jon Jones in the octagon after one whole year. On top of that, Dana White is still adamant that Jones is the best P4P fighter and he recently said that Tom Aspinall does not deserve the fight with ‘Bones’ yet and Miocic deserves it more.

On the other hand, the fight is still rumored and Miocic’s matchup with Jones has been questioned by fans. Dana White still thinks Miocic deserves the fight. here’s why.

Dana White cleared his stance on Stipe Miocic vs Jon Jones

Dana White demonstrated why Jon Jones will be fighting Stipe Miocic instead of Tom Aspinall: “When you say Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall, does that mean we’re saying that Stipe doesn’t deserve that fight? This fight was supposed to happen, Jon got injured. Stipe has paid his dues and has been here forever. I know everybody wants to see Aspinall, but those two are gonna fight and whoever wins, hopefully, Aspinall is next.”

White claims that Jon Jones and Miocic have a standing in UFC which Aspinall is yet to gain and after he gains it, then he can fight the top dogs. Tom Aspinall is right behind Jon Jones with the interim champion title and Miocic has also been inactive for quite some time. Yet the UFC head honcho wants to see a clash between ‘Bones’ and Miocic before Aspinall gets a chance. On top of that, Ben Askren alleged that Jones might have some ‘ dirt’ on White given how lenient he is being with Jones. He said, “I almost feel like maybe Jon’s got some dirt on Dana or something because Dana generally would not put up with this type of behavior.”

Meanwhile, Miocic seems to have hit a bit of troubled waters as the rankings in UFC changed recently. With Jones holding the number 1 spot and Aspinall behind him the new rankings proved that Miocic’s inactivity did no favors for him.

Stipe Miocic’s ranking in the heavyweight division smells trouble for him

According to an update on Twitter/X by John Morgan, “With his impressively quick #UFCVegas95 submission victory, Serghei Spivac moves up two spots – and into a tie with Stipe Miocic – to the No. 7 spot in the latest official heavyweight rankings update.” Miocic was set to fight Jones at UFC 295 but the latter had a severe pectoral injury and this changed all plans for the future. now there is a possibility that the promotion is supposedly setting up the fight at UFC 309.

Jones won the vacant heavyweight by winning against Cyril Gane at UFC 285. Now that Serghei Spivac has risen in rank, it threatens Miocic’s position and future fight with Jones. on top of that White confirmed that even if Miocic fought he would retire after this. White also said that even Jones might retire after this last fight.

Tom Aspinall is clearly eager to fight and wants to replace Miocic. However, with the latest verdict from Dana White, what do you think will happen?