How will ducking Aspinall affect Jones mental state long term wise?

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He could care less about what I think. One average person like me has zero effect on how he feels about him ducking Aspinall and then announce his retirement. But obviously, it’s 200k people who signed the petition to strip his belt away, and millions of others who post on social media about him ducking that makes a significant difference. To add, there are people constantly interviewing him about updates on fighting Aspinall.

He’s rich enough to even care about what the people think. But the question is, he could’ve been $30M richer if he fights Aspinall, how will this affect him?

Conor has haters but he sold out arenas, maximized as much profit for the UFC. People say Khabib destroyed him mentally, maybe Jones sees that money is important but may pose a risk to his mental health or possibly turn to hard drugs if he faces Aspinall and loses. Some people can’t cope defeat, that’s Jones. His legacy which has already been tarnished from PEDs is far more important than $30M plus a PPV% and endorsements. He could be banking $60M by the time the match is over with Aspinall.

Knowing that $60M is out the window would mentally affect me more than protecting my legacy. I worked for a CEO who sold medical imaging products to Kaiser and other big hospitals, and it took him 30 years of blood, sweat and tears to finally be worth $15M. Jones could be worth 4 times that from 1 fight, win or lose. He’s probably never worked a full time tax paying job, and he doesn’t need to for the rest of his life. But if I were him, I’m sacrificing my legacy for generational wealth so that my future grand kids are set.
 
Mighty Mouse ducked TJ Dillashaw, most people forgot. Maybe that’s the route Jones is taking. He may believe that people will call him a duck short term and will forget long term.
 
Mighty Mouse ducked TJ Dillashaw, most people forgot. Maybe that’s the route Jones is taking. He may believe that people will call him a duck short term and will forget long term.

I gave the Mouse a hard time for that, but it did come to light that he wanted a little more than his normal fight pay at the time, and the UFC refused.

All he asked for was 1 million.
 
Mighty Mouse ducked TJ Dillashaw, most people forgot. Maybe that’s the route Jones is taking. He may believe that people will call him a duck short term and will forget long term.
Mighty Mouse didn't duck shit. He asked for proof that the dude could safely make weight and for a little bit extra for a champ vs champ fight. We saw that Dillashaw could not safely make weight and got obliterated in seconds.
 
Mighty Mouse didn't duck shit. He asked for proof that the dude could safely make weight and for a little bit extra for a champ vs champ fight. We saw that Dillashaw could not safely make weight and got obliterated in seconds.

Good to know
 
not as much as Tom's mental health being forced to sit out in his prime
Since before he was ever in the UFC Tom has fought max 2x a year. In 2023 he only ever even had a 2nd fight because Jon got injured and he stepped in against Pav because the UFC oddly didn't just do Pav/Stipe as already agreed upon. In 2024 he again fought 1x and then was the paid official backup for Jon/Stipe.

While it's June and he hasn't fought yet, his record also shows he tends to fight in July and the fall so he's not even off from his usual tendencies.

His inactivity is exaggerated by his fans.
 
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Since he was ever in the UFC Tom has fought max 2x a year. In 2023 he only ever even had a 2nd fight because Jon got injured and he stepped in against Pav because the UFC oddly didn't just do Pav/Stipe as already agreed upon. In 2024 he fought 1x and then was the paid official backup for Jon/Stipe.

While it's June and he hasn't fought yet, his record also shows he tends to fight in July and the fall so he's not even off from his usual tendencies.

His inactivity is exaggerated by his fans.

Quack quack.
 
Nothing because he didn't. Again, 29 June 😉

It's all part of the promotion guys lol you will all be 😨 when seeing JJ fighting Tom and they know that's what's gonna happen. They are doing this to keep you ppl talking. And I predict a dominant decision win for JJ. Or a late round 5 finish. That's what my best sources tell me hehe
 
I think this will drastically hurt his legacy in the long run and fans and media wont forget. Especially if Tom keeps on winning and defending his belt. The more success Tom has the worse this will look for Jon.

Jon keeps talking about this "brand" he's building which is Jon Jones post fighting, him being goat and undefeated is something important in that respect, to elevate his brand. It's very very clear he's terrified to fight Tim and lose and hurt his brand.

I get what Jon is doing in avoiding to fight Tom and it makes sense for his brand. But this will go down as the biggest and most clear ducks in MMA history. And it could hurt his brand too.
 
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