UFC heavyweight interim champion Tom Aspinall has responded to heavyweight king Jon Jones calling him an a**gap. Merely, Aspinall doesn’t care.
Tom Aspinall
The UK-born heavyweight shortly made a reputation for himself together with his distinctive ending means. Aspinall gained his first 5 UFC fights in dominant vogue, with 4 of these victories coming by first-round stoppage.
His rise by means of the ranks was briefly halted by a knee harm in a struggle in opposition to Curtis Blaydes in 2022. Nevertheless, Tom Aspinall made a triumphant return in 2023, defeating Marcin Tybura by first-round TKO. This victory set him up for an interim heavyweight title shot in opposition to Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295, which Aspinall gained through knockout in simply over a minute.
Aspinall efficiently defended his interim title in opposition to Curtis Blaydes in a rematch at UFC 304, once more profitable by first-round knockout.
Talking in an interview on The Ariel Helwani Present, he defined:
“I couldn’t care much less what he thinks. Or anyone else for that matter… Jon Jones calling me an a**gap? No matter.”
Tom Aspinall has lengthy been ready for a match in opposition to the UFC heavyweight division king Jon Jones. On Jones negotiating for extra money, Aspinall defined:
“I feel he must be compensated properly. I agree. I’m a rattling harmful struggle for him. Essentially the most harmful of his profession, by far. And he is aware of it.
“I feel he secretly needs the struggle. As a result of he has an enormous ego, which he ought to.