{"id":33493,"date":"2025-03-26T19:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T18:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=33493"},"modified":"2025-03-26T19:58:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T18:58:53","slug":"he-deserves-every-penny-tom-aspinall-defends-jon-jones-demand-for-a-monstrous-payday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/he-deserves-every-penny-tom-aspinall-defends-jon-jones-demand-for-a-monstrous-payday\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018He Deserves Every Penny\u2019 \u2013 Tom Aspinall Defends Jon Jones\u2019 Demand for a Monstrous Payday!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Aspinall has made it know that he wants to fight Jon Jones, and has been on every platform talking about his desire to fight the GOAT. While most fighters may duck somebody like Jones, who is still one of the greatest fighters of all time, Aspinall wants all the smoke. He knows that to be the best in your division, you have to beat the best, and Jones sits at the very top of the UFC<\/a> heavyweight division. <\/p>

Aspinall has everything you want in a UFC fighter, the swagger, the domination, the will to win, and the skills to compete. He has an overall record of 15-3-0 and has finished all of his 15 fights, with 11 coming via knockouts and 4 wins coming via submission. If not for Jones, he would easily be the best heavyweight fighter currently. Apart from his loss against Curtis Blaydes which he avenged in the rematch, he has won 8 of his 9 UFC fights so far.<\/p>

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Aspinall wants to put an end to Jon Jones’ reign as the heavyweight champion in the UFC<\/a>, and desperately wants to fight for the heavyweight belt. The Brit has held the interim title belt for the heavyweight division since 2023, and even had to defend his interim belt in July of 2024. He clearly deserves a shot at the actual title, but Jon Jones is taking his own sweet time and has shown no interest in fighting the Brit so far. <\/p>

Why Is Jon Jones Avoiding a Potential Showdown Between Him and Aspinall?<\/h2>

There’s a couple of angles as to why Jones is avoiding Aspinall. Firstly, he wanted to fight an established fighter like Alex Pereira but Poatan recently lost against Magomed Ankalaev at UFC 313, which may have put a stop temporarily to a potential Jones vs Pereira showdown. The second reason, in our opinion, is that Jon Jones is closing in on Cain Velasquez for the longest-reigning UFC <\/a>champion ever. Velasquez held the record for 896 days and Jones is already at 747 days, so add another five months and Voila! Maybe that’s why Jones asked for six months to prepare against Aspinall, which would put him at 915 days.<\/p>

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🚨If Jon Jones faces Tom Aspinall on the first Saturday after 6 months of preparation he will officially be the LONGEST REIGNING heavyweight champion of all time at 915 days‼️

Surpassing Cain Velasquez who reigned for 896 days pic.twitter.com\/gRuZauVLhd<\/a><\/p>— Combat Casuals (@Combat_Casuals) March 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>