It's not happening man let it go. Jon does not want to fight Aspinall. He's scared of getting KTFO so he'll only fight seniors (Stipe) or fighters who he can easily take down (Gane, Pereira).
Jon never wanted the smoke with Francis and Aspinall. Stop be delusional
Well, Jon Jones said he wants in 6 months. Seems you are scared Jon Jones actually accepts the fight and wants to believe at all costs he does not. Let's see.
If Jones signed the fight tomorrow for November I'm sure they'd be ok with that because it would be set. What they don't want to do is kick it down the road indefinitely. There has to be a point when UFC says we're tired of waiting, Jon is stripped and Tom's next fight will be for the undisputed. I believe Dana implied this would happen "by summer", beginning, middle, or end, no one knows but I believe if he hasn't signed the fight by August, they will move on.
August will likely be Ankalaev vs Poatan 2.
Jones said he would vacate if they didn't agree with the date. You act like Jon Jones is threatening to kill them all if they take the belt from him. It's what Jones thinks he needs to put in the performance for him to win, but like he had said in the press, he is fine vacating it too, either way.
Stop. Take a breath. And READ.
I never claimed Jones ducked Ngannou. Do you need me to type it again or will it be another wall of text that ignores what I said? I. Didn't. Make. The. Claim. Has it sunk in?
I responded to ANOTHER POSTER who claimed Ngannou turned down an offer. YOU jumped in and replied to me but didn't actually understand what the previous posts said evidently. Do you now???
Outside Sherdog, I'm not on social media, sport. And your super long posts would be fine if they were actually relevant to what you reply to.
Is there anything fucking else I can help you to understand?
Well, Ngannou actually rejected the offer. According to Ngannou, the offer was restrictive in the sense that Ngannou would need to fight Jon and take a certain # of other fights, which he said he didn't want to, as he was not interested in the contract he seemed as restrictive to what he could actually earn $. To be valued in a way he could feel more secure and free financially (at least that is what I think, I don't know how he is financially, now... I don't understand the conditions he is in now with the PFL and potential boxing matches)...
I didn't mean he turned down the fight, I meant he turned down the new contract, which had a fight against Jon Jones, but Ngannou was clear — and rightfully so — he doesn't fear fighting Jon Jones, he feared being trapped into a contract in which he wouldn't have a saying on how to terminate it, or in important things, like (as can be seen in the last contract he signed) the organization covering the physical expenses of the athletes, with the UFC making it clear that is up to the fighter. If it's a fighter who doesn't make much $ in spite of being in very dangerous match ups, like Ngannou and Jon Jones (both the best, but sadly earned less than up comers like Topuria or Sean O'Maley...) .... He turned down the contract which had a fight assured vs Jon Jones, but again, that is not ducking or anything, that is a fighter recognizing that a fight that is one of the biggest ever, not having the respected financial return to the fighters, as well as other important healthy related aspects, is not worth over fighting Jon Jones, even if it is, as Francis recognizes, the biggest match he would have in MMA.
It's a little the same with Jon Jones. He has fought 28x in his career, over 90% in the UFC with heavy competition, has had devastating matches like vs Gustafsson 1, in which Dana himself said he saw that Jon Jones' corner wanted to stop the fight before the 5th round because the cut in Jones' eyes was getting seriously ugly, but JJ begged them not to stop the fight, saying it doesn't matter what happens to his eyes, he wanted to win the fight above all... Dana said "that meant a lot, that is the heart of a fighter". Yeah, the heart of a fighter who has been fighting exhausting, tough match ups, while dealing himself with the medical expenses, concussions happening more often in his 30s...
Im not saying Ngannou avoided JJ, he just turned down the new contract which involved fighting Jon Jones... The same way Jon Jones has all the right to turn down the new contract if he doesn't seem favourable to where he is now in his career, to how long he has fought... I just wish fans would have a bigger critical analysis rather than putting feeling forefront and putting it on the fighters. No one knows what is it to be an octagon fighter competing at that level. This "UFC puts the fights the fans want" needs to be seen critically too... You are eating popcorn watching and all, it's entertainment, but you don't know what it is to be a fighter (not you specifically, but ppl who criticize in shallow ways). I think it should be looked upon a more human lens rather than purporting the "fights the fans want but we are all just getting excited seeing them hurt each other". Ofc, it's a fist fight... But every fighter will have a limit to the point on how far they went and, again, to the point they can say "those are the terms. If you don't agree, for me it's not worth it".
They've been that way since they added weight classes.
