Tom Aspinall might be more frustrated than UFC fans when it comes to the Jon Jones situation.
The interim UFC heavyweight champion has been asking for his chance to unify the heavyweight title with Jones, and after the two-division champion destroyed Stipe Miocic in November at UFC 309, the fight still seems nowhere closer to being made seven months later.
Speaking on the High Performance Podcast, Aspinall was asked what he could do to make the fight happen.
“Me, personally, I can’t do anything,” Aspinall said. “I just think it’s down to money on his side. I will fight whenever — whenever, wherever he wants — but it’s down to money I think. ...
“I just think that at this stage in his career, he’s had an amazing career, I just think that... he’s like 37, 38 years old, but not only that, he’s got a million miles on the clock. So he’s got a lot of damage on the body, he’s [taken] a lot of shots to the head. And that’s not me saying anything negative. That’s the reality of it, and I’m sure Jon Jones is aware of that.”
Following Jones’ win over Miocic, he left the next move of his career up in there, where he could retire, or possibly fight Aspinall for the right price.
Aspinall understands why Jones would want to secure a huge bag of money at the tail end of his career, but he’s getting a bit tired of waiting for Jones to commit — and being asked about the situation at this point.
“When you put him in there with, and I’m not trying to blow my own trumpet, but I’m literally the most dangerous guy in the UFC if you look at the stats,” Aspinall explained. “When you put him in with a guy of my size who has them credentials at this stage in his career, I think Jon’s a smart guy and realizes that, so he wants to be compensated financially for it. ...
“I’m well bored of [the Jones conversation]. I’ve had enough. We either need to fight, or I need to move on to something else.”
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