The contract for the fight. Jon Jones says from when it's signed, he'll take a 6 months camp if he fights Aspinall. Dana and Tom said that the contract is there too, the matter that's being talked is the date. And honestly, from what DC said, the UFC will make this fight and will give Jones the 6 months. I seriously doubt Jon Jones will fake an injury, or pretend something to pull out. When the contract is signed, Jon Jones never pulled out, only when usada would say he had things in his body that is not allowed and stuff.
USADA for some reason is gone now, and there's just been no testing and regulation like before. DDP for example, ofc I can't prove it, but looking at how much he grows each fight, while fighting at MW, and how sometimes his performances are lacklustre bit other times, like when he was a huge underdog vs Whittaker, he outright defeated him very quickly... Is also saying he will wrestle Chimaev and the plan is to show Chimaev first that his wrestling won't get close to what he thinks it will. And DDP isn't the kind of guy who's very active, he seems to legit choose some moments that the wind blows stronger... Like when he got injured before the match vs Izzy, had a draw pretty much vs Sean... Then defeated Adesanya in the 4th round, an Adesanya that looked way more like the Adesanya whom fought Alex rather than the one who lost to Sean... Then dominating Sean while showing a technical striking, while many times he fights like a maniac... Tough to prove, but it seems some kind of Jocko fuel drink has been allowed to be taken by fighters and even tho it may not go aligned with the UFC rules, it's being overlooked.
Now, I will keep skeptic and say that sometimes JJ has lackluster performances like vs OSP (who was in a good way streak and even later when older, gave some problems to Reyes, tho Reyes won convincingly) and still won all the 5 rounds vs OSP while looking more hesitant, less adept at getting take downs. Then the dominant JJ like vs DC appears or vs Gus 2 ... The he has some lacklustre performances that are still enough to defeat the last 3 fighters who were in line before vacating the LHW title. Gane was a KO artist with also submission wins, and was said to have a solid jiujitsu (not like Aspinall tho) and JJ goes in there and dominates him in a way that even Ngannou was shocked. Ngannou was hurt vs Gane, but he said before the Jones vs Gane match that he'd be excited and expected it to be a great match that he'd be tuned in to see. When JJ won like that, he seemed really surprised and I think besides a :000 reactions he didn't say more.
Vs Stipe it seemed already the Jones who isn't at his best (whether it's his lack of proper preparation, which is what is more ""correct"" to assume but chances it being some periods of training without the energy drink Jocko Fuel and then training when drinking that energy monster Jocko fuel coffee drink... Imo as a way to avoid tolerance, so it has a more visible effect after a time away from it. But if Jon Jones shows up there after the camping, I think he will very likely win. Or at least, be there believing he can absolutely win...
