Jones will eventually face Aspinal

[Only Here for Attachments]

He might

 

[pamirec]

He doesn't have much choice if he wants to preserve his legacy.

I agree if you mean reserving his legacy as a heavyweight.

 

[loisestrad]

Who is Gane's signature win? .500 fighters like Lewis and Rozenstruik? A totally shot, losing streak JDS? His big opportunity was Ngannou with a bum knee and he still lost and looked terrible doing so.

That is Jon's singular "big" win at heavyweight, a guy that has accomplished next to nothing.

Aspinall can casually knock out Tuivasa and Lewis. He already did KO Volkov and Spivac (he didn't need a 5 round decision like Gane did)

You don't know what you're talking about / looking at.

Well, If we're looking at Jones as a new fighter at HW and someone who doesn't have a resume at all, you would be correct.

 

[Ruke Doufus]

Yeah a bunch of great hws on that list. What a retard take.

What's Jones HW resume?

Gane aaaaand retired old man Stipe. It is objectively worse by every metric.

 

[pamirec]

I think ducking Aspinal would tarnish his legacy but I don't think Jones gives a crap.

He has no right to call himself the hw champ or the former champ(once he retires) without facing Aspinal.

 

[SirRealKiller]

He has no right to call himself the hw champ or the former champ(once he retires) without facing Aspinal.

I agree but don't think Jones GAF.

 

[rjmbrd]

Well, If we're looking at Jones as a new fighter at HW and someone who doesn't have a resume at all, you would be correct.

Yes, because that is literally how fighting works.

If you go to back to back controversial decisions at LHW, don't fight for 3 years and come back to a new weight division, your years-ago wins against middling talent (half of who is now retired) doesn't mean anything in your new divisional ranking.

 

[rjmbrd]

Yeah a bunch of great hws on that list. What a retard take.

Who are the current standout fighters at heavyweight?

Who else has 'signature' wins?

You need to apply some basic reasoning.

 

[sdpdude9]

Lol at people in this thread acting like walking through half the top 10 in a round isn’t deserving of anything. He can only beat the people in front of him.

 

[pamirec]

What's Jones HW resume?

Gane aaaaand retired old man Stipe. It is objectively worse by every metric. Aspinal’s hw resume is without a doubt better resume than Jon

Aspinal’s resume’s is better than Jon’s wins over Gane and a shell of Stipe, but thats not my point.

 

[Ruke Doufus]

Aspinal’s resume’s is better than Jon’s wins over Gane and a shell of Stipe, but thats not my point.

What is your point then?

 

[rjmbrd]

Why did you list Gane? Is he great?

Gane's best win is a ho hum decision over Volkov that went the full 25 minutes and he only outstruck by 15 significant strikes.

Aspinall destroyed that same Volkov in 3 minutes.

After that Gane's big wins are Spivac, who Aspinall also destroyed in a minute, Lewis and Tai Tuivasa.

If Gane is a name Aspinall needs to beat to prove himself then what are we doing here? Aspinall is literally far more proven than Gane.

Thank you.

Aspinall is the most proven guy in the division right now. More proven than Gane and Jones at heavyweight.

 

[Ares Black]

I agree if you mean reserving his legacy as a heavyweight.

His legacy at LHW is safe but his career at HW is actually damaging his legacy overall if he ducks the first real challenger.

He will be remembered as the greatest LHW ever and still arguably the GOAT overall. That is an incredible accomplishment.

But he won't even be in the conversation of best HWs ever.

 

[loisestrad]

Lol.

Everyone knows that Jones' legacy consists of his LHW accomplishments.

He was litterally the GOAT (or at least top 3) even before his endevours at HW.

 

[Gilday]

Aspinall hasn't even beat Stipe. Or Gane. Or Ngannou.

He has literally beat no one of notice.

I'm certainly not sure that Jones would beat Aspinall. I'm certainly not opposed to the fight.

But it's getting ridicoulous.

"He hasn't beaten the guy who was retired, the guy who ducked him to film a movie or a guy who hasn't been in the company for 2 years"

Lol, lmao even.

 

[Thepaintbucket]

I think he's weighing his options. Setting up a future fight with Tom if it ever transpires. Trying to get the UFC to pay him more. More importantly trying to prepare for Tom ahead of time to gain confidence for a future fight

 

[loisestrad]

Aspinall is literally far more proven than Gane.

Let's have Gane fight Aspinall. Winner fights Jones.

everyone wins.

 

[OldBoy91]

Let's have Gane fight Aspinall. Winner fights Jones.

everyone wins.

Why?

Aspinall has more than earned his title fight already. 5 top 10 wins, 3 top 5 wins, finished all of them in the 1st round.

Gane is 2-2 in his last 4 and his last win was against a guy who couldn't make it 2 minutes against Aspinall.

What has Gane done to earn another title eliminator?

How about Gane fight Curtis Blaydes and prove he can defend takedowns, and have the interim champion unify with the full champ?

 

[loisestrad]

"He hasn't beaten the guy who was retired, the guy who ducked him to film a movie or a guy who hasn't been in the company for 2 years"

Lol, lmao even.

That's how shit goes. As I said, and you aggree with, Aspinall hasn't beat anyone of notice. Well, except for a few of the minor names in a HW that sucks as going by popular opinion.

 

[loisestrad]

Why?

Aspinall has more than earned his title fight already.

Has he? He hasn't beat anyone of notice.

See, I'm not opposed to Jones (champ) and Aspinall (interim champ) fighting.

It would be the obvious fight to make.

But Aspinall hasn't beaten anyone of notice. He hasn't got a single big win.