UFC commentator Michael Bisping believes Jon Jones must be prone to being stripped if he refuses to battle Tom Aspinall.
Subsequent weekend, Jon Jones will return to the Octagon when he defends the UFC heavyweight championship towards Stipe Miocic. After all, within the eyes of many, the person he must be going through is none apart from interim champion Tom Aspinall.
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Sadly for the Englishman, Jones has made it crystal clear that he isn’t involved in combating Tom. After all, he must get by way of Miocic first, however that’s undoubtedly a problem that he must be contemplating if he’s capable of decide up the win.
Within the eyes of Michael Bisping, Jones must face actuality.
Bisping’s view on Jones/Aspinall
“The truth is that Jon Jones is now the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world and if he fights Stipe Miocic, and if he’s victorious, he has to face Tom Aspinall subsequent – that is simply the best way that the world works.
“If he doesn’t, that is – within the phrases of Khabib Nurmagomedov – Quantity One Bull****, I’m telling you proper now, it’s primary bull****… If he refuses to battle Tom Aspinall subsequent, then we’ve obtained to start out having a severe dialog as as to whether or not this man must be stripped.”
“They need to face each other [next] however he’s calling out Alex Pereira for a legacy battle… What I’m saying sounds loopy and I’m not saying this as a Jon Jones hater but when this was boxing, then Jon Jones can be stripped [of his title] and that’s a reality.
“Oleksandr Usyk fought Tyson Fury for the undisputed belts, Usyk received and was undisputed champion – however guess what? The obligatory IBF challenger was Filip Hrgovic, however as a result of he’s going to rematch Tyson Fury, he was stripped of the IBF title… And this must be the identical factor.”
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