{"id":2742,"date":"2024-01-10T18:57:55","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T17:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/?p=2742"},"modified":"2024-01-11T12:06:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T11:06:16","slug":"jon-jones-responds-sharply-to-tom-aspinalls-call-outs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/jon-jones-responds-sharply-to-tom-aspinalls-call-outs\/","title":{"rendered":"Jon Jones responds sharply to Tom Aspinall&#8217;s call-outs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Since obtaining his interim title, Tom Aspinall has continued to call out the reigning heavyweight champion, Jon Jones. \u2018Bones\u2019 is fed up and makes him understand in a very harsh way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He wants to unify the belts. Tom Aspinall has been ready since his coronation at UFC 295, but he still has to wait while Jon Jones recovers from his injuries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Originally, &#8216;Bones&#8217; was supposed to defend his belt for the first time against Stipe Miocic but after a torn pectoral tendon forced him to retire. The UFC decided to implement an interim belt, which was contested between Aspinall and Sergei Pavlovich. The Englishman quickly destroyed his opponent with a big knockout to take the title.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The American organization maintained its position to reinstate Jones against Miocic despite the facts. A decision which annoys Aspinall and which manifests it on the networks:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@tomaspinall01\/video\/7321698168742153504\" data-video-id=\"7321698168742153504\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;\" >\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@tomaspinall01\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@tomaspinall01?refer=embed\">@tomaspinall01<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Waiting for Jon Jones like\u2026 \ud83d\udc74\ud83c\udffb\ud83e\udd71 @UFC <a title=\"fyp\u30b7\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp%E3%82%B7?refer=embed\">#fyp\u30b7<\/a> <a title=\"ufc\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/ufc?refer=embed\">#ufc<\/a> <a title=\"viral\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/viral?refer=embed\">#viral<\/a> <a title=\"aspinall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/aspinall?refer=embed\">#aspinall<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c where is my mind (piano version) - your movie soundtrack\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/where-is-my-mind-piano-version-7068533742586857474?refer=embed\">\u266c where is my mind (piano version) &#8211; your movie soundtrack<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Jon Jones dots the i&#8217;s<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the same way as the Briton, Jon Jones responds dryly on the networks: \u201cOnly four recognizable opponents, and already the King of England, that must be nice. Legendary stories will be told about you and your infamous calls. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In another tweet, JJ responds sympathetically with the champion&#8217;s situation temp worker :<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I mean, it doesn\u2019t really work like that. I was a champion when I was 23 years old, you can\u2019t show up at age 30 pretending like you\u2019ve been chasing me your whole life. I have no clue who 90% of his r\u00e9sum\u00e9 is, meanwhile, I\u2019ve been highlighting UFC events my entire career. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aJdJT8UpGm\">https:\/\/t.co\/aJdJT8UpGm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BONY (@JonnyBones) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonnyBones\/status\/1744610897832935575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aspinall was quick to respond: \u201cJon, you are letting your ego run wild. I&#8217;m not downplaying your CV, it&#8217;s incredible. It\u2019s much better than mine,\u201d says Aspinall. \u201cYou are known as the best fighter of all time, and that is EXACTLY why I want to fight you. Surely you can understand it?\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The heavyweight champion is still not receptive to Aspinall&#8217;s calls and responded to the Briton&#8217;s video with a video that he deleted:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jon Jones responds and cooks Tom Aspinall <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cKlvdBTCDb\">pic.twitter.com\/cKlvdBTCDb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SickydoesMMA (@SICKYDOESMMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SICKYDOESMMA\/status\/1744603472597516775?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since obtaining his interim title, Tom Aspinall has continued to call out the reigning heavyweight champion, Jon Jones. \u2018Bones\u2019 is fed up and makes him understand in a very harsh way. He wants to unify the belts. Tom Aspinall has been ready since his coronation at UFC 295, but he still has to wait while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,47],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2742","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ufc-news","8":"category-video"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2744,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2742\/revisions\/2744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmamag.ma\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}