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Tom Aspinall is increasing restless with Jon Jones' refusal to perpetrate to what would beryllium the combat of the year.
The British prima has not been successful enactment since knocking retired Curtis Blaydes successful 2024 and was desperately pursuing a showdown with 'Bones', who galore respect arsenic the top combatant of each time.
But Jones has played down Aspinall's accomplishments astatine each accidental and does not look to privation to get successful the octagon with the antheral who has won each azygous 1 of his UFC fights by finish.
When asked astir the latest connected the Jones concern and his ain contiguous future, Aspinall told the High Performance Podcast: 'Me, personally, I can’t bash anything.
'I conscionable deliberation it’s down to wealth connected his side. I volition combat whenever — whenever, wherever helium wants — but it’s down to wealth I think.
'I conscionable deliberation that astatine this signifier successful his career, he’s had an astonishing career, I conscionable deliberation that... he’s similar 37, 38 years old, but not lone that, he’s got a cardinal miles connected the clock.
Tom Aspinall is bushed of waiting for Jon Jones to hold presumption to combat against him
'Bones' has been retired since winning the heavyweight rubric against Stipe Miocic past year
'So he’s got a batch of harm connected the body, he’s [taken] a batch of shots to the head. And that’s not maine saying thing negative. That’s the world of it, and I’m definite Jon Jones is alert of that.
On positing that the hold-up is betwixt Jones and the UFC implicit wage negotiations, the 32-year-old added: 'When you enactment him successful determination with, and I’m not trying to stroke my ain trumpet, but I’m virtually the astir unsafe feline successful the UFC if you look astatine the stats.
'When you enactment him successful with a feline of my size who has them credentials astatine this signifier successful his career, I deliberation Jon’s a astute feline and realizes that, truthful helium wants to beryllium compensated financially for it.'
'I’m good bored of [the Jones conversation]. I’ve had enough. We either request to fight, oregon I request to determination connected to thing else.'
It seems apt that if Aspinall doesn't combat Jones, the American volition discontinue from the athletics without immoderate different large match-ups for him - different than Alex Pereira, who mislaid his past outing.
And helium would truthful beryllium stripped of the heavyweight title.
Aspinall won the interim loop with a presumption to warring for the existent rubric backmost successful November 2023, beating Sergei Pavlovich successful New York.
He was past truthful bushed of waiting for Jones that helium defended the interim crown against Blaydes connected location ungraded past summer.
The British prima defeated Curtis Blaydes successful their rematch successful Manchester past July
The 32-year-old insists helium is acceptable to determination connected if Jones doesn't perpetrate to the fight
But helium is simply a antheral successful his premier and seemingly not contented to hold connected the sidelines portion Jones offers nary denotation of advancement either way.
Jones vs Aspinall would undoubtedly beryllium the biggest pay-per-view paper of the twelvemonth and nary uncertainty the UFC would emotion to hold terms.
The heavyweight champion is successful a beardown negotiating presumption but evidently determination needs to beryllium statement soon, oregon Aspinall volition simply power his attraction elsewhere.
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