Tom Aspinall is on the offensive and doing everything in his power to score a UFC title fight with Jon Jones. If heavyweight legend Stipe Miocic ends up catching some strays along the way then so be it.
As you may know, Aspinall is the hottest thing to hit UFC’s heavyweight division in quite some time. The English star just stopped Curtis Blaydes with a 60-second knockout last month at UFC 304 to defend his interim UFC title for the first time. Overall, Aspinall is 8-1 inside the Octagon with eight finishes. His only loss was an injury to Blaydes back in 2022. He has also finished all three of his most recent fights in 73 seconds or less.
With all of this success you would think UFC matchmakers would be champing at the bit to book Aspinall against Jones, who currently holds the undisputed UFC heavyweight title. Aspinall is already one of the biggest English stars on the roster and a potential win over “Bones” could take his UFC stock to unfathomable heights.
However, the promotion is not ready to book Aspinall vs. Jones just yet. That’s because a matchup between Jones and Miocic – which was originally booked for UFC 295 back in 2023 — is still being planned. Aspinall will have to wait for that matchups of legends to play out before getting his hand on the winner (which is expected to be Jones).
Aspinall, who is usually quiet and calm when it comes to talking matchups, seems to be angling heavily to step in for Miocic and unify his title with Jones. The interim champ had the below to say in a recent interview with UFC on TNT:
“The guy needs to be Joe Biden’d mate, he’s too old,” said Aspinall of Miocic. “No one’s that interested anymore.”
What do you think, Maniacs? Is it finally time to put Miocic out to pasture and give Aspinall his shot?
Let us know!