Conor McGregor desires to see Jon Jones battle Tom Aspinall.
After Jones’ third-round TKO towards Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 to retain the undisputed heavyweight title, ‘Bones’ left the door open for a return to the Octagon and indicated {that a} unification conflict with Aspinall — the promotion’s present interim champion — was positively within the playing cards.
Aspinall, who was available at MSG and banked 200k simply to weigh in because the official backup for the heavyweight headliner, thinks Jones’ ego is what’s going to in the end result in their long-awaited showdown lastly coming to fruition.
“I feel he secretly desires it,’ Aspinall instructed Ariel Helwani. ‘As a result of he has a big ego, and he ought to have, he’s probably the greatest fighters ever. He hates the truth that individuals are saying that I might beat him, he can’t sleep at night time.
“He retains mentioning it time and again that he doesn’t care about me, he thinks he’s above me and all that. That is all projecting, all of it. He is aware of, deep down he is aware of and he simply has to maintain saying it as a result of he has to defend himself” (h/t DailyMail).
Conor McGregor reacts to potential jones vs. aspinall battle
As soon as Aspinall’s feedback made the rounds on social media, McGregor chimed in and supplied a not-so-favorable overview of a number of the Brit’s latest sparring footage.
“That footage of him wanting woeful vs Rico Verhoeven is sweet footage to look at for Jon,” McGregor wrote in a since-deleted submit on X. “I’ve warmed to this matchup, I feel it ought to occur.”
To be truthful, Verhoeven — the reigning GLORY Kickboxing heavyweight champion and undefeated in practically a decade — is taken into account by many to be the best kickboxer on the planet. Verhoeven has educated with Aspinall for a few years. The UFC star shared clips of the 2 sparring collectively earlier this month on YouTube.
