Jon Jones isn’t actively chatting with Dana White proper now, however ‘Bones’ does appear to wish to make amends for some points of how the notorious Tom Aspinall state of affairs performed out.
Talking to Zayd Hussein of the No Scripts Podcast, the previous two-division UFC champion talked about this whereas additionally outlining what he desires for the following step as ‘Bones’ eyes an enormous struggle. Regardless of retiring from MMA and vacating his heavyweight crown, the place Tom Aspinall was upgraded to undisputed champion, Jones is proving the outdated adage that MMA retirements are usually not long-lasting.
Rumblings of a desired struggle with Alex Pereira within the Summer time of 2026 have come up, and in an excerpt from the general podcast posted to X account @ChampRDS, Jones stated,
“I believe my most speedy purpose is to attempt to be on the White Home card… I’m giving Dana his area. Dana has modified my life. He has modified my life. He has modified my kids’s lives. I’m perpetually grateful to him. We had a verbal settlement that didn’t go over effectively. Nothing was finalized. I do admit guilt; not guilt. However you understand, I used to be flawed… The way in which issues went down, I used to be flawed.”
“I want that I might see him head to head and simply apologize to him. In order that we are able to let bygones be bygones and get again to creating some main cash for the game and actually entertaining these followers… When he’s feeling me, I believe I’m certainly one of his favourite fighters. When he’s not feeling me, I’m in all probability the explanation why he has a bald head.”
Jon Jones fires off a shot at Tom Aspinall post-UFC 321 eye poke
Jon Jones additionally managed to get in some digs on the aforementioned Tom Aspinall following the latter’s inauspicious heavyweight title struggle end result. At UFC 321, Aspinall was poked within the eye, and the ensuing no-contest had some calling for eye-poke reform within the sport, whereas some attacked the UK fighter for supposedly not having valor.
Jones appeared to defer to the latter notion as he tried to make the case that Aspinall has proven a previous occasion of quitting inside his preventing endeavours. On the identical podcast look referenced above, Jones talked about that he thinks when the UFC heavyweight champion will get damage, he’s incapacitated straight away. ‘Bones’ talked about that if he had been in a state of affairs like that, he would do every little thing he might to blink away the injury and proceed the struggle, implying Aspinall didn’t have a champion’s resolve.
Jon Jones additionally touched on the primary Curtis Blaydes bout Aspinall had, as Jones felt that there was no limping or try to rise up. Additionally, Jones touched on an early heel hook loss in Aspinall’s MMA profession pre-UFC, as he felt like Aspinall didn’t even try handy struggle and went proper to submitting.
