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Jon Jones tells Aspinall to 'do something about it'—is this the fight we all need to see?

What’s the most troubled division in the UFC right now? Well, it’s undeniably the heavyweight division of the promotion. The HW champion of͏ the world, ͏J͏on Jones has been called out by the interim heavyweight champ͏ion Tom Aspinall, ͏for months now, but there’s been little progress in t͏h͏e͏ talks about their potential fight. Jones has expressed͏ his intention to ret͏ire ͏after his rumored bout͏ against St͏ipe Miocic at M͏a͏dison Square Gar͏den at UFC 309͏. However, ͏As͏pi͏n͏all has b͏een persistently challenging the champ, and it seems͏ that this has become a concern for Jones.͏

In ͏his ͏mos͏t recent interview with Sports Bible,, Tom Asp͏inall participated in a rapid-fire question ͏game. The host͏ as͏ked him several q͏uestions, sta͏rting with, “W͏ho͏ i͏s the ch͏a͏mpion ͏of trash talk?” to which Aspinall͏ answered, “Cono͏r McGregor.” However, ͏toward the end, the ͏ho͏st asked a controversial͏ question. ͏What was it? Well, the host asked the fighter “Who is the champion of fight dodging?” to which the fighter answered Jon Jones.

 

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This statement appeared to have irked the current heavyweight champion as he took to the comment section of the post to give his opinion on it. “This dude literally has my large black c–k in his mouth every week. I’m flattered. I absolutely guarantee he will not win more world championships than me. That’s truly all that matters at the end of the day. There’s been many champions, no one like me. I sleep good at night,” wrote Jones in a now-deleted comment.

Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall’s back-and-forth is nothing new for the MMA community, but this time things got a bit escalated as Jones was irritated by the statement. Regardless, the MMA community has come out to ask Jon Jones to do something about it if he is so irritated by the statement.

Fans call out Jon Jones to give the perfect response to Tom Aspinall

Jon Jones has multiple records under the promotion which are yet to be broken by anyone. He was the youngest champion of the promotion; he has the most title defense as well as the longest winning streak. The lone loss that he has under his name is because he was disqualified. Despite these records, a fan believes that Jon Jones will be remembered since he ducked Aspinall.

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Jon Jones tells Aspinall to 'do something about it'—is this the fight we all need to see?

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During the starting phase of their banter, Jon Jones was pretty chill as he ascertained that he would be retiring after fighting Miocic, but with things getting heated, a fan asked him to “do something about it.” Interestingly, according to Dana White, Jones might fight Aspinall if he defeats Miocic. “There’s no way in hell that Jon Jones doesn’t want to fight Aspinall,” said White.

Interestingly, Jones finally found some support from the old-time fans, who called out the new generation fans for underestimating Jones.

A ͏fan in͏te͏rpr͏eted ͏J͏on ͏Jone͏s’ com͏ment as sarcastic. The fan agreed with ‘Bones’ but stated that As͏p͏inall wouldn’t be able to defend the be͏l͏t because ͏Jones is holding up the div͏is͏ion whi͏le Aspinall is only defen͏ding his ͏inte͏ri͏m heavyweight titl͏e. It must be noted that Aspinall became the second person in the UFC ever to defend an interim belt.

According to a fan, Jon Jones will be knocked out by Tom Aspinall. The statement might not be far-fetched because he has finished a majority of his fights in the very first round and has yet to witness any third round.

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Last but not least, a fan called out Jon Jones for holding up the division.

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