Jones VS Aspinall [POLL]

[notsojollyrogerRIP]

Like Anderson Silva before Weidman

Anderson with his hands down was inviting fighters to punch him the face while his coaches screamed at him to stop.

 

[notsojollyrogerRIP]

Tom is big, well rounded and powerfuil. He's no Gane. Jones struggled with OSP and arguably lost to Thiago Santos and Reyes. If he sticks around, his fall will come just like everyone else.

Unless something happens with Stipe, Jones will likely just stick to his plan to fight Stipe and then dip before he starts to lose. Can't blame him.

I feel like Dana hates when fighters retire without passing the torch.

 

[b00tysweat]

Jones wont be able to bully his way like he did. Frankly, Id like to see a Gane hematch.

Gane kicked Jon in the nuts and then tapped out a minute later.

Why would you want to see a rematch?

 

[IIIIIIII]

Until Jones loses I won't ever pick against him...Tom as good as he's looked has never fought more than 9 minutes in his career and I don't see a world where Jones is put away in the first round

jones already lost to reyes lol. dumb judges doesn't change a fight.

 

[VAfan]

there's a reason why johnny's running from the entire division. he knows what's up. the HWs that can fight are going to mess him up and he knows it.

 

[JBJ was here]

Really? KO Jones? I've never seen him even wobbled.

Very much this. Jones has pretty good striking defense in terms of not being hit, but in terms of making sure he doesn't take a hit he can't readily handle he's impeccable, and slower heavyweights with poorer striking form who hit harder aren't the answer for knocking Jones down and out. He's also never been held down on the ground, although that is somewhere where a strong heavyweight would have a better shot than a LHW contender. Either way, Jones's striking defense is GOAT level striking defense. Predicting that someone would knock him out is GOAT level ridiculous.

 

[nonoob]

there's a reason why johnny's running from the entire division. he knows what's up. the HWs that can fight are going to mess him up and he knows it.

Pico NEVER even entered the HW division for that reason. The Gane fiasco

was as WWE as it gets, it made a mockery of what was real - with Francis.

 

[Here's Johnny!]

We know that Tom is young, talented and hungry....
but we don't know where Jones is standing at HW - I mean at LHW his few last fights were hard. He debuted at HW and his opponent was fighter who crumbled under pressure. This version of Gane would lose to any HW that night so Jon to me is still enigma.
It wasn't that Jon was so good that night - it was all about Gane being so bad that night IMO.
Is Jones past his prime? Or maybe this is twilight of his prime? For sure fighting Stipe wouldn't answer this question - he must face Aspinall to show what he got.

Gane has beaten every HW he has fought other than a close decision to Francis... and you think he would lose to any HW the night he fought Jones... why? it just sounds like you are absolutely reaching to not give Jon props for destroying a very good heavyweight.

 

[Dmac07]

Fight won't ever happen.

 

[beejaypenn]

Tom has 1 good win and people think he's the goat or some shit lol.

 

[Trabaho]

Only two weeks ago Pavlovich was the uncrowned champ who was going to dethrone Jones. Now he's just another chinny, one-dimensional HW.

Who did Jones beat at HW ?

Dehtrone. Jon is 1-0


I pick Aspinal by being a big guy

 

[AmonTobin]

Only two weeks ago Pavlovich was the uncrowned champ who was going to dethrone Jones. Now he's just another chinny, one-dimensional HW.

If you wait out long enough someone else will beat your monsters for you. That's Aspinall's win. Considering Jones didn't want to fight the #1 contender I'm not shocked he doesn't want to fight the Interim champ who beat him.

 

[Iroh]

How much do we know of Aspinall's bottom game or TDD in MMA?

Unless I'm mistaken, only Spivac has made a concentrated effort to take down Aspinall in the UFC and he defended but so did Gane.

That would be an advantage for Tom though. It gives Jon less material to study and prepare for, while Tom has all the material he would need to study Jon. And Jon is notorious for wanting to study every little detail of his opponents, so I'm sure that's also a factor for not wanting that fight.

 

[KarateYeah]

 

[Ibm]

Gane kicked Jon in the nuts and then tapped out a minute later.

Why would you want to see a rematch?

The conditions in the fight did not tell us much, was too short.

 

[b00tysweat]

The conditions in the fight did not tell us much, was too short.

the striker immediately fouled Jon and then quit the second he felt Jon's grip.

The fight told us everything, you just don't want to believe it

 

[Clark Rogers]

Where is the "it's never going to happen, it's time to get over it and move on" option?

This horse died months ago, carcass has taken enough beating already.

 

[Gamer2k4]

Dehtrone. Jon is 1-0

And the current champion - that's what "dethrone" refers to. Maybe you've got some weird personal criteria where someone isn't considered the champion until they have five defenses or something, but that's not how the rest of the world interprets things.

 

[Chayanne]

Jones never takes up this challenge

 

[C0NCH3TO]

Jones is way more experienced and proven but he’s OLD and hasn’t looked good in ages. Don’t get deceived by the Gane win, the few minutes he was there he looked slow and predictable. Gane was simply terrified of him and his grappling game is … well.. french lol.

You think Tom is gonna fall for that telegraphed takedown and give up a choke just like that? Lmao. Get outta here….. It would be a dog fight.

All that said, this fight is not happening. Jon is a extremely smart guy when it comes to fighting and match making.