Media Aspinall: I am ready to move on from Jones

All I’m saying is nothing will change. I mean go ahead do or not, only thing that will be different is the word undisputed when buffer calls it out. It’s still the same belt, still the same shit opponents and same money. Nothing will be different
History and perception will be. That's sort of the power that words have. Unless you're going to sit here and pretend that the casual public gives a shit about who was interim champ 10 years ago, or act as if every time BW goat conversations come up, even on this forum, that people mention Dom defending 3 total times as much as they mention that Barao also had 3 defenses in a row. Cuz I know that doesn't happen.
 
Yep. Despite all his criminal issues and drug test failures I'd still sit there and defend him being the greatest technically to ever do it, but he's completely lost me at this point.

I'll even defend the Ngannou "duck" because Jon had never fought at HW and it's not like he was holding anything up, but this is indefensible. At this point I don't even blame him though, the UFC should've stripped him already.

Me too!

And I defended the Ngannou duck accusations for years and had Jons back and put the blame on Ngannou for the fight not happening.

Either fight, say you're gonna fight him or drop the belt. None of this " I am living my best life". BS

With all that said, I actually think this fight will happen and Jones is just prolonging it till MSG in November.
 
That’s the problem.

If Aspinall signs to fight anybody. That allows Jones to call out another hand picked defence.

You are all my witnesses..

If the UFC allows Jones to fight anyone other than Aspinall, while Jones still holds the title.

I am GONE, and NEVER coming back.

This is my line in the sand.

Edit.

Btw, that means leaving the UFC, not SD.

I watch most BKFC, and Invicta cards. And I talk about them in here. That won’t change.

I guess I’ll start watching other orgs. But PFL is NEVER happening. I’ll watch Rizin, ONE, KSW, etc.
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History and perception will be. That's sort of the power that words have. Unless you're going to sit here and pretend that the casual public gives a shit about who was interim champ 10 years ago, or act as if every time BW goat conversations come up, even on this forum, that people mention Dom defending 3 total times as much as they mention that Barao also had 3 defenses in a row. Cuz I know that doesn't happen.
That’s why we see frank mir as a 2 time champ. None of us gave a shit. The only difference between them and now is there was fights we wanted to see that didn’t involve Randy or Brock when they did their cash grab. And tbh, I don’t think no one here saw Brock as the official heavyweight champ when their rematch happened because we all saw nog as the champ when mir knocked him out.

the main problem is tom has no one to fight. He could fight the pavelich thing 5 times in a row, blades 5 more times, gane and Volkov. It still won’t matter. That’s not Tom’s fault. It’s just the heavyweight division has gone backwards to 2005 all over again. Only difference is there are no other great list of heavyweights outside of Francis outside of the UFC. He is screwed either way you look at it and the undisputed word announced by buffer won’t change that. I’m not saying they shouldn’t do it, I’m just saying it won’t change anyone’s perception because how shit the division really is
 
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He’s going to be saying this for another 6 months minimum
 
If Tom is the most dangerous man in the UFC.

Why isnt he fighting any and all comers?

Just like he’s talking about Jones recognizes that Aspinall is dangerous, Aspinall also recognizes that even though he’s currently the best in the division, the HW division is volatile and every guy can sleep him with one shot. Each HW fight is a coin flip.

Aspinall knows he can make more money/notoriety off Jones than he could beating 3 other guys.

I still think that’s his best path forward though. He’s not getting younger, and the more fights he wins, the more pressure it puts on the UFC/Jones to make the fight happen or strip Jones.
 
Just like he’s talking about Jones recognizes that Aspinall is dangerous, Aspinall also recognizes that even though he’s currently the best in the division, the HW division is volatile and every guy can sleep him with one shot. Each HW fight is a coin flip.

Aspinall knows he can make more money/notoriety off Jones than he could beating 3 other guys.

I still think that’s his best path forward though. He’s not getting younger, and the more fights he wins, the more pressure it puts on the UFC/Jones to make the fight happen or strip Jones.
Agreed.

I was being mostly tongue and cheek.

Tom being this weeks Jones killer can end with one fight. ie. Gane, Pav, Francis, DC

There really is no other fight for either of them at this point and both have to milk it in different fashions for whatever attention they can get.
 
This is posted today and he is saying he has a meeting tonight to find out what is going to happen.



I would tend to think it is going to be a negative since there would be a lot more buzz around it if the fight were going to happen.

That interview was recorded weeks ago. Tom says I'll be 32 in a couple weeks. He's already 32.
 
If Tom is the most dangerous man in the UFC.

Why isnt he fighting any and all comers?
Aside from those being obviously two completely different things? Cuz he already beat all the "comers" on his way up, and the only remaining "up" person had already rejected fights with him multiple times.
 
Tom is playing it wrong

He should ignore Jon and try to defend his interim. This would put A LOT of pressure on the ufc
He should definitely fight. Tom fought 1 time at age 31 and he just turned 32. He's wasting his career. Tom gets PPV points as interim champ anyway.
 
Aside from those being obviously two completely different things? Cuz he already beat all the "comers" on his way up, and the only remaining "up" person had already rejected fights with him multiple times.
has a money offer been given to Jones?

There is NO ONE left for Tom to fight? Like he's beaten everyone?
 
I havent heard him talk about anyone other than Jones?

Has he challenged anyone else?

He's said numerous times he'd fight someone else. Publicly. Did I miss where Tom Aspinall is now not just a fighter but also has a role like Sean Shelby or Nick Maynard? He's a matchmaker?
 
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JJ accepted the IFW. Tom did not. JJ just won't tell that to the media. Actually, if you watched Aspinall's last video, idk if he'll even fight again in UFC.

Aspinall (talking to MMA psychologists in a interview) : "I'd be surprised when watching UFC guys talking on tv, and how they didn't seem to get nervous in fights. I get absolutely nervous. There were times I was wrapping my hands before a fight and hoping the referee would get in the way. And that's normal. There's no way I wouldn't be afraid to fight Jon Jones. He is arguably the scariest fighter ever. In that fight, one of us would be losing consciousness, there's no way you can't be fucking scared of that.

Psychologist : how do you turn that fear into power

Aspinall : that's the thing, I need to win, so yes sometimes it seems like I'm dying to get the KO. But also, I've received good advices to just enjoy the process... Not to care anymore so much whether I won or lose... Just to transform that fear into joy and enjoy the fight.





Look at this shorts... Aspinall went from saying he'd wait JJ a year since he beat Blaydes in August, saying that's a year worth waiting for... And his response to still not having fought: "look, it's no fault of my own... I just feel like I deserve a shot at the undisputed. But whether I fight JJ or not is ok. I'm not bothered if I don't fight him, I'm not pushing for it. If I can beat him, that'd be a big bonus, sure... But I can fight anyone.

Cameraman : so the UFC doesn't want you to fight anyone that is not Jon Jones, correct??

Tom : .... That's right.

Cameraman : but that benefits you as well, waiting and the financial for that fight, financially it's a good thing, right?

Tom : Yes, couldn't have said any better.



Curiously, Tom and JJ were headlined for IFW. Because it was said both signed the contract. And it wasn't JJ who said no, because the fight was offered and Tom never said anything about JJ refusing to fight him. So much so that Chael jokingly posted "Tom vs Gane... For the interim belt..." ... And Tom was visibly embarrassed seeing ppl talking about it.





The last short, Tom said the UFC said he won't fight any one other than JJ. And then Tom says he is just sparring to get better, not with an opponent in mind? LoL yeah.... Come on, he said in his last video that the UFC said if Tom fights next, it's vs JJ.... So he's not with an opponent in mind??

Tom says he is Ill:





Then Tom gets annoyed when he is said to fight Gane by Chael... Even tho the match was offered for him and JJ. He just said he has things Tom work out with the UFC and that he has things to sort out.

Noticed the pattern? "I want fight. The UFC said I can only fight JJ" ... Fight was offered ... "[Tom] feeling a little ill. Usually I get I'll once a year. Skin infections too. It's good not to be fighting right now" —> "[Tom] I still have further chats to do with UFC, but don't believe what you see in the news..."



Last video with Demetrious Johnson, DJ asked Tom's dad when he got his black belt in jiu jitsu and where he trained, and his dad said he never had a jiu jitsu trained and gave the belt to himself ... Plus, said he always liked boxing and judo, more.

Guru was already kinda disappointed with all this plot twist. Tom even had an interview saying he wants some big money in case he gets his ass kicked and end up not fighting anymore, so he said he wants a big guarantee participation — which is where the interim belt is important too.



You got played big time....
 
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