Try to interpret Jon Jones words. He is basically saying nearing him is like beating Gane. Not that it's be as easy but that it's not that much different either. He said the ducking narrative came out of nowhere since he won a belt but his fight with Stipe was booked, and he wasn't even in negotiations to fight him yet... Which he is now.
Another interesting interview... Jon Jones was kinda analysing the current HW division. He had talked before now the close match he had with Reyes made him to take a time off to study the change of the game and learn the new tendencies and upgrade his game so he would keep being an "unsolved puzzle in the new era still". I timed when he specifically talked about Aspinall, this was right after Jones had defeated Gane, like, a month later and most ppl didn't even know Tom.