Joe Rogan thinks Jon Jones made an error earlier than retiring from MMA.
The UFC commentator was one of many many combat followers hoping to see ‘Bones’ face Tom Aspinall in a unification combat later this 12 months.
Jon Jones has spent months distancing himself from a scrap with the new undisputed heavyweight king.
Final weekend, the best fighter of all time shut the bout down for good by announcing his retirement.
Joe Rogan highlights Jon Jones’ mistake
Jones used each excuse within the e-book to keep away from Aspinall earlier than 195,000 fans signed a petition calling for him to be stripped of his UFC heavyweight title.
The UFC Corridor of Famer repeatedly advised Aspinall will not be a sufficiently big star to combat him.
Jones wanted to fight Francis Ngannou or Alex Pereira as an alternative, however the UFC insisted on the Englishman.
Joe Rogan thinks Jones critically underestimated Aspinall’s star energy earlier than retiring from MMA.
“It’s additionally cash fights,” he mentioned throughout a dialogue about Jones with Cory Sandhagen on his podcast.
“I feel he’s fallacious as a result of I feel Aspinall is a star. I actually do.
“And I feel he’s saying, ‘Who’s he? He’s nobody.’ Aspinall is a star.
“When individuals ask me questions on a regular basis, like casuals on the streets, it’s, ‘Is Jon Jones going to combat Tom Aspinall?’
“That’s just like the fixed query.”
Tom Aspinall received’t rule out Jon Jones combat
Aspinall won’t rule out a Jones combat as a result of he expects the UFC icon to make a retirement U-turn.
“I’m in a spot in my profession the place there’s not all that a lot footage on the market on me,” Aspinall mentioned.
“Perhaps he sees one thing on me within the subsequent few fights, and he thinks, ‘ what? I can beat this man. I’m gonna come again and beat him’.
“Mentally, I’m by no means counting that out. The combat may at all times pop again up and are available again round on me.”
