Jon Jones urges Tom Aspinall to prove he is the best heavyweight in the world and stop waiting for him.
Tom Aspinall dreams of facing Jon Jones, it’s no longer a secret. The new interim heavyweight champion has been taunting champion Jon Jones for months now.
Jon Jones reveals that he was offered by the UFC to headline UFC 300 two days ago, but had to decline as he wouldn't have been ready in time.
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The Englishman has tried everything but so far in vain. Jones had already responded virulently on social networks but this time, he showed a little more diplomacy.
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“I’m very dangerous, man,” Aspinall said in statements to The MMA Hour. “It’s simple. “I represent a very risky confrontation for these guys.”
He added: “Who knows, maybe one day when I am at the end of my career, I will be exposed to a situation like this, and I will do the same thing. “I don’t blame anyone.”
He explained: “I respect Jones and Miocic, these guys are scary heroes for me. That’s part of the reason I wanted the opportunity to fight them. But if it doesn’t, it doesn’t happen. And the crying ended.”
Aspinall volunteered to fight on the April 13 banner card in Las Vegas and said he was presented with two separate options, neither of which came to fruition.
In an interview with Submission Radio, Jon Jones says everything he thinks about Aspinall.
“If you really think you’re one of the best in the world, well, prove it. Go ahead and stay active. True fans will count your wins as title defenses. Don’t let me slow you down. Go kick some ass and make some money.”
In the same interview, Jones claimed that the UFC offered him the chance to main event UFC 300. Jones told the show’s hosts that he was offered the fight on nine weeks’ notice , but he didn’t think he would be ready in time.
