Media Tom Aspinall says Stipe Miocic is too old, needs to get "Joe Biden'd"

[Myrddin Wild]

Aspinall'z marketing campaign here seems more like hedging his bets on whomever wins.

Insulting Jones & Stipe both in hopes that they will be so pissed at him that the winner won't retire after teh epic fight between the 2 of them.

Personally I think Stipe smokes both of them.

 

[Hyperborea]

By sport people pretty clearly mean they want it to be a meritocracy or close to it.

Well in MMA the draws get more opportunities. And they have no issue with giving their draws favorable matchups while making fighters they don't like take unfavorable matchups, and amass huge win streaks to get a shot.

If Jon is going to retire after his next fight it would make sense to give him the bigger draw in Aspinall. Give aspinall the rub. This just feels like pure ego on behalf of matchmakers. New boy takes his lumps.

 

[Mike]

If Jon is going to retire after his next fight it would make sense to give him the bigger draw in Aspinall. Give aspinall the rub. This just feels like pure ego on behalf of matchmakers. New boy takes his lumps.

He clearly doesn't want that fight tho and they don't exactly have leverage to force him to take it.

 

[McGeezle]

Aspinal almost got dropped by a Curtis Blades jab

...because it landed?

 

[spinitch]

Easy Breezy gotta ride off into sunset before long but he gets a nice last stand. Asspinal should take a look ahead , he would want a similar circumstance. Jones got injured and delayed the HW division which will soon be wide open for Tom. Karma suggests Tom gets injured to before long.

 

[MrBlackheart]

He needs to jump on the bandwagon and trash the guy no one likes--Jon Jones--not Stipe. Stipe doesn't deserve the fight but at the same time it's not his fault, It's Jon's fault for demanding it and Dana's fault for allowing it.

It’s all their fault…Dana Jones and Stipe. For the good of the sport, step aside and let Tom vs Jon happen.

 

[Greyscale]

All fighters who decide to take a 2-4 year break from the sport need to be Joe Biden'd and not be allowed to muddy up the title picture.

 

[Vigfree]

I was becoming a fan of Aspinall but this is too much. He should just accept that he’s not getting Jones before Stipe.

Just move on, fight the legit contenders and if the Jones fight happens it happens.

He’s starting to chase Jones like Chandler chasing McNuggets.

Move on?
Why?
He just defended the interim belt which is absurd. He should talk more about Stipe & Jon and raise hell.
What is he going to do moving on? Keep defending the interim belt?
Fuck that. The situation is absolutely ridiculous. Everybody knows it. Tom SHOULD be shining a light on that because he's the one getting the most fucked by the UFC/Dana. Which is crazy bc technically they are his promoters as well (which is why their model is fucked).
Good on Tom for realizing that and starting to actually talk about it. I hope he goes after Jones too.

 

[TerrorTimmy]

Since Stipe will get paid either way, I kind of hope he just immediately taps out and saves himself the beating he's going to take if the fight happens. Take the payday and go home and make Dana turn purple. Legend stuff right there.

Jones would look really fucking stupid if that was his last fight.

 

[Kyojiro Kagenuma]

Tom: I respect Stipe but here are some disrespectful comments

I mean he's right. Stipe is disrespecting the whole division himself with this shit

 

[bjjwar]

He's just saying what we're all thinking. But it's a dead horse at this point. Continuing to talk about it doesn't help his case.

No that's exactly what he needs to do, keep talking about it. Call Jones out for being a pu***. I don't know what kind of deal Dana made with Jones but it's so fishy. There's not 1 single person that prefers watching Jones vs Stipe (other than a few Jones fans), not 1! And yet they're insisting with this matchup. The only thing on the table for Jones should be fight Tom to unify belts and if he refuses, vacate the belt...

 

[YSB]

I appreciate Aspinall keeping it real and not playing along with the bullshit that is the whole idea of Jones vs. Stipe.

 

[Only Here for Attachments]

Since Stipe will get paid either way, I kind of hope he just immediately taps out and saves himself the beating he's going to take if the fight happens. Take the payday and go home and make Dana turn purple. Legend stuff right there.

That's a good way to get your purse withheld by the commission!