If the UFC needs to ebook a title unification conflict between Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall, they’re gonna should pony up some critical dough.
Following his third-round stoppage of Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, ‘Bones’ left the door open for a long-awaited showdown with Aspinall to unify their respective heavyweight titles. However simply because Jones is prepared to take the struggle, doesn’t imply he’s going to do it for reasonable.
Based on widespread podcaster and long-time UFC colour commentator Joe Rogan, the undisputed heavyweight champions’s asking worth is a whopping $30 million. Which may sound like quite a bit, however let’s not neglect that ‘Bones’ is definitely the best blended martial artist within the historical past of the game, no matter your opinion on his antics outdoors the cage.
Add that to the truth that Jones vs. Aspinall could be the largest heavyweight struggle in UFC historical past, and also you’ve bought a chance for each fighters to money in massive. Particularly Jones.
Nonetheless, not everyone seems to be satisfied that Dana White and Co will fork over that type of money for anybody not named Conor McGregor.
“Rogan thinks that the UFC is gonna pay it,” Daniel Cormier mentioned on his YouTube channel. Rogan thinks that the UFC can pay the $30 million to get Jon Jones in there with Tom Aspinall. I’m unsure he will get to 30, however when you ask for 30 and also you get 20 otherwise you get 15, that’s a win for Jon Jones.”
Cormier thinks the UFC wants tom Aspinall to beat jon jones
DC’ additionally burdened the significance of not solely getting Jon Jones contained in the Octagon with Aspinall, however the Brit popping out on high of their potential conflict. If not, ‘Bones’ might doubtlessly stroll away from the struggle recreation with gold nonetheless strapped round his waist, leaving the promotion in a precarious place.
“Jones leaves, and you are able to do no matter you need,” Cormier mentioned. “We might go Aspinall versus [Alex] Pereira, Aspinall versus this man, or that man. It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter as a result of, though Francis Ngannou isn’t the identify that Jon Jones is, folks have been saying when Jones grew to become champ, “Effectively, he didn’t beat Francis,” proper? There was a break within the heavyweight championship timeline. If you wish to say it like that, we will make huge fights, however it is going to by no means overcome the concept Jon Jones left because the champ. After which that might occur two occasions again to again. So it’d be an enormous mistake.
“They’ve bought to get him in there with Aspinall. And also you’ve bought to hope that Aspinall wins if you’d like the heavyweight title to proceed being what the heavyweight title has been. As a result of if he doesn’t, and Jones goes, ‘I’m strolling away as the best of all time, because the reigning heavyweight champion,” it leaves a niche that’s exhausting to fill.’”
