When will  Jon Jones vs  Tom Aspinall,  happen? Will it even happen at all? The 37 year old has been ducking the interim heavyweight champ for a long time now frustrating him and the fans. It has almost been 16 months now that the feud started after Aspinall won the interim HW title against Curtis Blaydes. But ‘Bones’? He would rather prefer Alex Pereira but the latter just lost his title to Magomed Ankalaev. So now what?

Apparently Aspinall claimed that everything on his side is ‘done’ for the title unification bout but Jones is holding things up. But there is finally a breakthrough and we might see the silver lining soon through the dark clouds! Ariel Helwani reported that Jones needs 6 months to prepare for the fight. He said, “Because I was told that Jon wants six months to prepare [once] the fight is locked in. And what’s six months from now? September?”

But there is one catalyst that could make this fight happen sooner. Maybe a few more numbers in his check on the table and Jones would be ready to put his undisputed gold on the line. Money indeed speaks but will Dana White pay a “f**k you money” to Jones?

We’re not sure. But what we do know is that the UFC CEO recently revealed his goals with the matchup. During a conversation at The Jim Rome Show, the bossman said, “The plan is [for Aspinall] to fight Jon this summer. Obviously, when, where and all that stuff is being determined. My goal this year is to make that fight [with] Aspinall.”

But Aspinall is growing impatient as time slips by and he gave his ultimatum to the heavyweight star recently. While speaking to JNMEDIA, he said,  “We’ll see what happens, yeah, we will just see. I’m ready to fight whenever they tell me. So, just let me know, and I will be there.”

Tom Aspinall is “bored of it” now

The entire MMA community is hanging by a thread when it comes to their patience about this matchup. They just want to know: When is Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall happening? The boss had declared at the UFC 313 post fight presser, “Listen, Jon Jones wants to fight. [It’s] just when and where is what we’re working on now.”

However since there is no official date yet, the Brit has grown impatient with such a prolonged saga of back and forth. He finally declared that his patience limit was almost going to lose its subscription.

Jamal Niaz heard his rant about the same where Aspinall said,  “I’m honestly bored of it.”  Aspinall might even be ready to fight other willing opponents. Ankalaev decided to take a jibe at Jones after the former became the newly minted-light heavyweight champ. He posted on X saying, Jonny steroid machine was very disappointed. I beat Alex please fight big [Tom Aspinall] stop running.”

Then he struck the iron while it was hot and called out Aspinall saying, “Big Ank 🤝Big Tom.” Guess what? the Brit agreed with a “🤝” on his Instagram story. Maybe this might help Jones make a decision fast enough. Or maybe he will ask for a huge paycheck? What do you think?  Share your thoughts in the comments below.