Is Aspinall Nearer to Jones Struggle?
Tom Aspinall took to his YouTube channel to react to Alex Pereira dropping the 205-pound title to Magomed Ankalaev, whereas sending a message to Jon Jones.
“That’s off the desk now, the Alex Pereira battle at heavyweight or every other weight actually,” Aspinall mentioned. “I imply, I suppose he might nonetheless battle him at gentle heavyweight, but it surely received’t be for a title. Jon, there’s just one factor to do, mate. Signal the contract and let’s get a date going. We’ve seen final night time Dana White was speaking. Every little thing is now finished on Jon’s facet and the UFC now need to discover a date and a venue, a spot, location. So, we’re ready for that. We’ve acquired some excellent news coming quickly, hopefully.”
UFC CEO Dana White defined to media members why he hadn’t been on board with the concept of Jones vs. Pereira apart from the distinction in dimension. White mentioned that “Poatan” hadn’t cleared out the sunshine heavyweight division. The UFC boss would’ve been extra receptive to the matchup had Pereira defeated Ankalaev.
Now, battle followers are hoping that Jones and Aspinall lastly share the Octagon to find out who’s the true heavyweight king in MMA. White is assured that he can guide the battle for this summer time.
