Media Tom Aspinall Gives Update Regarding Jones Fight “Big news coming.”

[Wormwood]

Tom was on Helwani’s show recently and gave an update regarding his meeting with the UFC.

“We had a fantastic meeting. Everything went amazing. I understand my position now. I understand what the company is doing now, and you gotta stay tuned my friend cause there’s big news coming.”

Tom also said after the meeting he feels like he is in a good spot and he is very optimistic about things.

Confirms Alex Pereira losing helped his situation.

Tom said he is confident the fight will happen, believes Jon deserves every penny he is asking for, and there might be some credibility Jon wants 6 months to prepare.

So there you have it… no news is news until it’s news.



*the video has chapters.

 

[reddhelium]

If Tom's in a good spot, then so am I.

Fuck.. no I'm not!

 

[Söze Aldo]

If Tom is happy, that probably means Jon is not. The UFC probably finally called Jon's bluff on his ridiculous hold-out pay request, and will have Tom fight someone else for the undisputed.

 

[tritestill]

They keep saying big news coming, I will keep believing it. Either Jon signs or vacates, but Jon the type to sign and pull out and then retire and then claim Tom never beat him...even when Tom walks through him Jon will say he was just old and if Jon wins he will retire and people will think Tom was overrated and then Tom will just walk through everyone else.

 

[Uncommon Valor]

Didn’t he say this a few months ago?

 

[GrantB13]

Aspinall vs Gane for the interim championship. Jones will fight Randy Couture for a one-time comeback fight for the undisputed title.

 

[MrBlackheart]

Aspinall vs Gane for the interim championship. Jones will fight Randy Couture for a one-time comeback fight for the undisputed title.

Couture is too much of a spring spring chicken for Jon. Let’s dig up the corpse of Kevin Randleman but we have to let Jones know way ahead of time because he’s going to need sufficient time to prepare.

 

[Söze Aldo]

Aspinall vs Gane for the interim championship. Jones will fight Randy Couture for a one-time comeback fight for the undisputed title.

Sadly, I can see that for the undisputed title. Gane does not deserve another title shot. The lazy Frenchman plays FIFA, films french tv shows, doesn't train grappling and waits until he's called up by the UFC to fight for the title whenever they need him. He's got a good thing going.

 

[AmonTobin]

 

[HuskySamoan]

If Tom is happy, that probably means Jon is not. The UFC probably finally called Jon's bluff on his ridiculous hold-out pay request, and will have Tom fight someone else for the undisputed.

Tom and Jones not fighting is bad for everyone. Tom needs quality wins, he's in the worst HW era ever. Both for his legacy and for his star power/earning potential. Jones simply deserves a 20m payday like McGregor, he's been a huge star for the sport for over a decade and underpaid the entire time. The UFC is just so afraid of being publicly leveraged because it could lead to more fighters and managers trying to leverage for a more fair piece of the pie.

McGregor got paid like 23m for one of the Poirier fights, that shit was only disclosed when they were forced to reveal it in court from the lawsuit. The UFC has always gone to great lengths to conceal what they pay and to pay as little as possible.

I hope Jones gets his payday and Tom gets his chance at greatness. No better outcome for either man.

 

[Söze Aldo]

Tom and Jones not fighting is bad for everyone. Tom needs quality wins, he's in the worst HW era ever. Both for his legacy and for his star power/earning potential. Jones simply deserves a 20m payday like McGregor, he's been a huge star for the sport for over a decade and underpaid the entire time. The UFC is just so afraid of being publicly leveraged because it could lead to more fighters and managers trying to leverage for a more fair piece of the pie.

McGregor got paid like 23m for one of the Poirier fights, that shit was only disclosed when they were forced to reveal it in court from the lawsuit. The UFC has always gone to great lengths to conceal what they pay and to pay as little as possible.

I hope Jones gets his payday and Tom gets his chance at greatness. No better outcome for either man.

A couple things. First, nobody gets paid what they deserve, they get paid what they bring in. Conor got big pay days (not sure if your number are 100% correct though) because his PPVs are guaranteed 1 million+ buys. Even a semi-washed Conor fighting a totally washed Cerone did over 1 million buys. Jon has never reached 1 million buys, his highest is about 800k when he fought Cormier the second time.

Second, I absolutely believe Jon just does not want to fight Tom. I think if the UFC offered him 15 million to fight Pereira he'd have signed it the next day. I do think he'd rather retire than fight Tom.

It would be a pleasant surprise if the Aspinal-Jones fight happens but I don't see it, even with Tom's update here.

 

[cold_spring_harbor]

Fingers crossed

 

[Domitian]

Damn, the Jones haters are NOT going to like this

 

[WarRampage]

This is staring to look like chandler and McGregor all over again Tom gonna be chasing Jon for a couple years

 

[Oscar Madison]

Need a yawning emoji.

 

[Spam On Rye]

Asp v Gane incoming.

 

[CombatCyborg]

If Tom is happy, that probably means Jon is not. The UFC probably finally called Jon's bluff on his ridiculous hold-out pay request, and will have Tom fight someone else for the undisputed.

Right, cause it's not about Jones it's about the title. IF Jones actually signs a contract and agrees to a date in 2025, I can picture Tom waiting it out, I just don't think Jones will be able to reach an agreement with the UFC and I also still have trouble picturing the UFC stripping him. In summary I have no idea what's going on.

 

[KO Shotz]

Tom vs Gane

Then Tom vs Jon will be talked about until Jon retires.

 

[volcom5]

It’s Jones vs Aspinall.

I can’t believe people really think it’s going to be vs Gane or someone else.

Aspinall has waited this long already for Jones, and by the looks of it he looked pretty happy.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Aspinall vs Gane for the interim championship. Jones will fight Randy Couture for a one-time comeback fight for the undisputed title.

You're probably only half joking with this