Media Jon Jones all but confirms he is going to fight Tom Aspinall

[ShaggyDoyle]

Jon Jones was asked by a British sherdogger when is he fighting Tom. Jon responds by telling the young man that he is waiting for the UFC to make their announcement but both Tom and him are fully aware they are going to be fighting each other.

 

[jeff7b9]

Gonna be an epic announcement!!

Right after Jones v Stipe 2 - Tom is gonna get in the cage to face off!!!

Yay!!


Tune in in November for the MSG card!!

Woohoo!!

 

[Doughie99]

Jon Jones was asked by a British sherdogger when is he fighting Tom. Jon responds by telling the young man that he is waiting for the UFC to make their announcement but both Tom and him are fully aware they are going to be fighting each other.

My view is that the UFC threatened Jon Jones with something like this:
Sign the contract to fight Aspinall fight because it's the only fight contract we are going to offer you, there will be no other offers. If you don't sign it very quickly we will cut you and publicize the reason was because you didn't want to fight Tom.
Wasn't because of money and we'll tell everyone that.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Jon Jones was asked by a British sherdogger when is he fighting Tom. Jon responds by telling the young man that he is waiting for the UFC to make their announcement but both Tom and him are fully aware they are going to be fighting each other.

The guy asked him in an English accent, so Jon was so shook to his "Bones" that he just said whatever to get out of there alive.

 

[Neck&Neck]

He didn’t want a crazy angry mob attacking him at his paid $eminar
So he had to lie

 

[MrBlackheart]

My view is that the UFC threatened Jon Jones with something like this:
Sign the contract to fight Aspinall fight because it's the only fight contract we are going to offer you, there will be no other offers. If you don't sign it very quickly we will cut you and publicize the reason was because you didn't want to fight Tom.
Wasn't because of money and we'll tell everyone that.

Like I said, Dana has control of the mic and ufc can create any narrative they wants.

 

[WOLVERINEKILLS]

Everyone knows they are fighting and UFC us saving the announcement for the international fight week ppv.

 

[Mammothman]

My view is that the UFC threatened Jon Jones with something like this:
Sign the contract to fight Aspinall fight because it's the only fight contract we are going to offer you, there will be no other offers. If you don't sign it very quickly we will cut you and publicize the reason was because you didn't want to fight Tom.
Wasn't because of money and we'll tell everyone that.

Dana can easily do this but I'm not sure why he pussying out so much.

 

[Mohawk Banditó]

Everyone knows they are fighting and UFC us saving the announcement for the international fight week ppv.

Just like how everyone knew they were going to fight during international fight week

 

[Doughie99]

Dana can easily do this but I'm not sure why he pussying out so much.

J think Dana knows that Jones vs Aspinsll would generate a LOT of cash and publicity and Daba KNOWS the Jon Jones era is 99% over......so what Dana is doing is trying to start the Tom Aspinall off with a massive BANG ....if he can beat Jon.

Even if Tom loses....dana will say "no shame in that....he lost to Jon fucking Jones".

I tell you Dana would love it if Tom fought Jones and beat him. You'd here him saying "this dude Aspinall just beat THE GOAT Jon Jones......it's incredible... ". Cue Massive marketing and promotion campaign behind Tom Aspinall.

 

[Arm Barbarian]

Yawn.

When they are in the cage together, I will believe it.

This shit should have been signed long ago, like before Picto decided to beat up the cadaver of Miocic.

 

[Orochimaru 大蛇丸]

Jon will never fight Tom

 

[Jaddy45]

My view is that the UFC threatened Jon Jones with something like this:
Sign the contract to fight Aspinall fight because it's the only fight contract we are going to offer you, there will be no other offers. If you don't sign it very quickly we will cut you and publicize the reason was because you didn't want to fight Tom.
Wasn't because of money and we'll tell everyone that.

Who cares what your view is here bud...literally just pointless speculation.

 

[jeff7b9]

J think Dana knows that Jones vs Aspinsll would generate a LOT of cash and publicity and Daba KNOWS the Jon Jones era is 99% over......so what Dana is doing is trying to start the Tom Aspinall off with a massive BANG ....if he can beat Jon.

Even if Tom loses....dana will say "no shame in that....he lost to Jon fucking Jones".

I tell you Dana would love it if Tom fought Jones and beat him. You'd here him saying "this dude Aspinall just beat THE GOAT Jon Jones......it's incredible... ". Cue Massive marketing and promotion campaign behind Tom Aspinall.

 

[Jawth]

My view is that the UFC threatened Jon Jones with something like this:
Sign the contract to fight Aspinall fight because it's the only fight contract we are going to offer you, there will be no other offers. If you don't sign it very quickly we will cut you and publicize the reason was because you didn't want to fight Tom.
Wasn't because of money and we'll tell everyone that.

Lol no they would never cut him.

PFL would get more Saudi money to make Jones vs. Ngganou and anything the UFC would put together would he overshadowed.

 

[CasualBot]

He didn’t want a crazy angry mob attacking him at his paid $eminar
So he had to lie

Exactly.

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

If this fight does actually happen after all the drama it may well be the first 1 million breaking PPV the UFC has had since Conor last fought.

 

[Poirierfan]

Gonna be an epic announcement!!

And it'll be at 9 pm on Dana's Instagram while he's sitting on the toilet at home.

 

[Dionysian]

Dana can easily do this but I'm not sure why he pussying out so much.

Because he invested everything in GOAT marketing. Jon knows that. Which is why Jon took UFC's Fedor insecurity, played it to the limit, and now has been on such a slave media/TKO Holdings pedestal that he become untouchable... because Dana dug himself in a marketing hole.

Jon will not fight regardless of how much they offer. UFC is trapped. When they inevitably strip him for being inactive he wins and retires (spoiler: he retired the night they fed him Stipe's corpse). They'd have to do marketing to toss the guy in the trash to directly contradict the marketing they invested all-in on, and Jon knows they can't.

Jon understood the corruption and played it to his benefit. Now he's untouchable. PR accounts here still singing his praises but as soon as the new directive comes out... they'll have to keep singing his praises. Normally it'd be to assassinate his character. But there is no 2nd GOAT option in terms of their marketing so they're fucked. So after he sinks their HW division they still have to praise him for sinking their future marketing (of the HW division/legitimacy of their belts/everything else going into the shitter). Pretty funny how it implodes on itself, the whole house of cards.

 

[jeff7b9]

And it'll be at 9 pm on Dana's Instagram while he's sitting on the toilet at home.

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