UFC Corridor of Famer Daniel Cormier questions whether or not or not his longtime rival Jon Jones is taking an accurate stance on Tom Aspinall.
UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall’s first undisputed title protection resulted in a no-contest following a number of eye pokes from Ciryl Gane within the first spherical at UFC 321. Aspinall was deemed unable to proceed competing as a consequence of his accidents, and the UFC is working to guide a possible rematch between the 2 behemoths.
Within the meantime, Aspinall has come below fireplace for allegedly searching for a means out of his combat at UFC 321. Aljamain Sterling, TJ Dillashaw, and others have questioned the severity of Aspinall’s harm.
Enter Jon Jones, who not too long ago gave a scathing evaluation of Aspinall’s short-lived efficiency at UFC 321. He known as Aspinall’s grappling ‘extraordinarily overrated’ and questioned the UFC champion’s potential to beat adversity.
Jones’s largest rival, Daniel Cormier, questions whether or not or not Jones has any room to criticize Aspinall after months of failed combat negotiations.
Daniel Cormier questions the validity of Jon Jones’s evaluation of Tom Aspinall after UFC 321
In a current video uploaded to his YouTube channel, Cormier weighed in on Jones’s current remarks about Aspinall following UFC 321.
“Possibly Tom Aspinall isn’t what Jon constructed him as much as be in his thoughts previous to that combat, however I don’t know that we noticed sufficient to kind an opinion of his general sport in 4 minutes,” Cormier mentioned. “It’s simply the reality. … Is Jon Jones being a bit of bit too harsh? Can we actually kind that sturdy an opinion primarily based on 4 minutes? Does Tom Aspinall not deserve a bit of grace? And are we reacting solely on this means as a result of we’ve by no means seen him battle in any respect?
“And in addition, how a lot are you able to battle in 4 minutes? He had a bloody nostril, and I believe as a result of he had that bloody nostril, it made folks really feel, ‘Oh my god, this dude’s in hassle.’ Once more, nonetheless 21 minutes left within the combat. I watched Khabib Nurmagomedov lose a spherical to Justin Gaethje, and ended up submitting him afterward and overtaking the combat. Rather a lot can change between Minute 4 and Minute 7, 9, 15, 21, all the best way to 25.” (h/t MMA Junkie)
