Tommy Boy Is In a Sh*T Spot. You gotta feel for him, no?

[SalvadorAllende]

He made Jones shit his pants and fade to a recreational drugs filled retirement.

 

[mkess101]

Which is why Dana is desperate to get Tom on the White House card right? No, that's Conor actually, a guy who hasn't won a fight in 5 years. The casuals run things and who are most pandered to by the UFC. I actually like Tom but that's the truth.

Comparing anyone to Conor is dumb though. He's basically the lone needle mover left in the sport (and he's basically not in the sport anymore). He's an unreliable drug addict to boot, and the business model is changing (and has to because they don't have any personalities that drive things anymore).

So they're gonna need to promote the actual sporting side of things, and hope the new streaming deal with no ppv model gets casuals converted to hard cores at an acceptable clip. Promoting a HW that's knocking everyone out inside 2 minutes isn't the worst way to address it. He has to do his part obviously, but they don't have a Conor or Rousey and they can't manufacture one.

 

[Prince Nephilim]

Man you dumb.

Like super dumb

Your mom is dumb for having you.

See, I can do it too…but better!

 

[CasualBot]

To start with, he's a damn good athlete and the HW champion of the world, but it's the division that universally is considered crap and at the end of the day, they put the strap on him after the widely considered GOAT of all this shit walked away.

His mic skills are horrible; he just seems so awkward whenever someone puts a mic in his face, like he’s really trying, but to no avail.

And beyond it all, he doesn’t seem to have any real fan base that you’d expect of the HW champion of the world. Getting booed stepping on the scale in Abu Dhabi? Anyone catch that shit before they cut away to like 5 guys cheering?

If you play ask a casual "who is Tom Aspinall?", I’d bet most wouldn’t know.

Am I way off, sherpimps?

The dude got put on the back burner because of UFC / Jones (and by extension, Stipe).

Frankly casuals won't know Cyril Gane either.

 

[Neck&Neck]

He needs a tiger head tattoo on his stomach
Then he’d be cool

 

[jeff7b9]

Which is why Dana is desperate to get Tom on the White House card right? No, that's Conor actually, a guy who hasn't won a fight in 5 years. The casuals run things and who are most pandered to by the UFC. I actually like Tom but that's the truth.

Everyone is not a huge star relative to Conor, the biggest star in the history of the sport.

That's a very weird, specific viewpoint to choose...
Which is a statement of itself that such lengths are needed to put Tom in a bad light


Step back.
Look at the big picture... consider the trajectory


Tom is the darling of the UK right now.
He will likely inherit Fury's fanbase to some extent as Tyson is on the way out if not gone already.

Tom is undisputed UFC HW champ with 1 test to pass which he is a +400 favorite then basically he just needs to not lose to himself in order to run the show for the foreseeable future.


His biggest problem is that the biggest star big men in MMA are scared to fight him.

(Jones retired and
Poatan seems to want to fight at HW but never speaks Tom's name)

Thru any rreasonable lens Tom has the world by the balls and will be getting 1-2 seven figure paydays a year for the next couple years with the outside chance of a boxing lottery ticket like Conor and Francis got.
(HW boxing is about to be WIDE open)

 

[Doughie99]

To start with, he's a damn good athlete and the HW champion of the world, but it's the division that universally is considered crap and at the end of the day, they put the strap on him after the widely considered GOAT of all this shit walked away.

His mic skills are horrible; he just seems so awkward whenever someone puts a mic in his face, like he’s really trying, but to no avail.

And beyond it all, he doesn’t seem to have any real fan base that you’d expect of the HW champion of the world. Getting booed stepping on the scale in Abu Dhabi? Anyone catch that shit before they cut away to like 5 guys cheering?

If you play ask a casual "who is Tom Aspinall?", I’d bet most wouldn’t know.

Am I way off, sherpimps?

You're a clueless xenophobic idiot, thats what..

 

[Superzorro]

Why don't you go make up some more lies about how numerous Aspinall fans are claiming it's a 50:50 fight now

Groundbreaking analysis. I hope those crayons taste good.

Same look. Same age. Same relevance to their respective sport. It would probably make for a fire, action-packed fight too. I actually hadn’t realized they looked so much a like until I saw these two photos. If Logan didn’t dye his hair blonde, they could be twins. I now want this fight next if he can get past Gervonta.

 

[Söze Aldo]

Looks to be in a good spot here

 

[mkess101]

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Same look. Same age. Same relevance to their respective sport. It would probably make for a fire, action-packed fight too. I actually hadn’t realized they looked so much a like until I saw these two photos. If Logan didn’t dye his hair blonde, they could be twins.

Exactly how dumb must one be to equate the HW champion of the word to having the same relevance as a YouTuber that made himself into a decent boxer? Tell me you know nothing about combat sports without telling me lmao?

Clearly you're more interested in how dudes look though. Not that I'm judging, if that's your thing you go girl.

 

[Superzorro]

Exactly how dumb must one be to equate the HW champion of the word to having the same relevance as a YouTuber that made himself into a decent boxer? Tell me you know nothing about combat sports without telling me lmao?

Clearly you're more interested in how dudes look though. Not that I'm judging, if that's your thing you go girl.

Jake Paul isn’t a decent boxer though. He’s horrible. If he was a decent boxer, that would ruin the comparison. That said, he has beaten better opponents.

You can’t look at me with a straight face and tell me those pictures aren’t the same person.

 

[mkess101]

Jake Paul isn’t a decent boxer though. He’s horrible. If he was a decent boxer, that would ruin the comparison.

He's decent compared to other random celebrities that might try it. But hey, I can't stop you if looking kinda stupid isn't enough for you. If you wanna imply the UFC HW champ that's beating everyone inside a round is "horrible", by all means. Looking like a retard is still allowed here AFAIK, so have at it lmao!

 

[Ozze]

What is his fanbase in England though?

That's what matter the most, is where he'll go to talk shows, have sponsors and ads and so on and get some good money.

 

[Natural Order]

For sure he is.

After he scrapes by Gane in a lackluster performance he'll wake up realizing he's on borrowed time with Hamdy The Hammer knocking on his doorstep!

 

[Clark Rogers]

Tom was never that good and never my friend.

 

[MMACro]

I don’t feel bad for him though, he should have just kept his mouth shut and not pissed off Jones with the duck talk.

I remember Jon who was willing to kill his opponent and hurt them in a vile manner when he would be pissed off
Funny how we saw none of that for Tom

 

[DomiDomi]

He did this to himself. He chose to sit out and wait even though Jones said he was RETIRING BEFORE and AFTER he fought Stipe.

He was trying to egg the most accomplished fighter to NOT retire so he can attempt to ride his coat tails out the door.

Why do you people just lie? Jones announced his retirement to the UFC in June 2025. That's 7 months after his fight vs Stipe.

He literally said in the octagon after the Stipe fight that he is not retiring.

Jones could have gave up the belt at any time and everyone would have moved on, yet chose not to.

 

[dipstickjimmy]

To start with, he's a damn good athlete and the HW champion of the world, but it's the division that universally is considered crap and at the end of the day, they put the strap on him after the widely considered GOAT of all this shit walked away.

His mic skills are horrible; he just seems so awkward whenever someone puts a mic in his face, like he’s really trying, but to no avail.

And beyond it all, he doesn’t seem to have any real fan base that you’d expect of the HW champion of the world. Getting booed stepping on the scale in Abu Dhabi? Anyone catch that shit before they cut away to like 5 guys cheering?

If you play ask a casual "who is Tom Aspinall?", I’d bet most wouldn’t know.

Am I way off, sherpimps?

Jones isn't remotely close to the GOAT of HW and Tom is a HW. Its pretty cool that the guy who is considered by some a the best to ever do MMA is scared shitless to test himself against Tom.

Its sad that all these fake ass "Fighters" are out there now. Even Pereira is clammouring for Jon but scared to fight Tom. Too bad for Tom that he didn't come up in an era where HW had bad ass fighters like Randy, Fedor, Big Nog, Cain, DC hell even Brock.

Ask any random person who Jon Jones is and they won't know either. If they do they will say that MMA fighter that gets arrested for DUIs and Domestics all the time.

 

[SuperAlly]

Your mom is dumb for having you.

See, I can do it too…but better!

But you're actually dumb for the retarded shit you post

You've had it explained to you that he didnt choose to sit out. The UFC wouldn't match him with anyone else.

I guess yeh he could have gone and fought for a different promotion and not been UFC champ and been sued to hell and lost a lot money.

Or he could have retired from fighting, not been UFC champ and not achieved his lifelong dream and lost out on a lot of money.

So yeh, objectively you are dumb as hell.

 

[SuperAlly]

Everyone is not a huge star relative to Conor, the biggest star in the history of the sport.

That's a very weird, specific viewpoint to choose...
Which is a statement of itself that such lengths are needed to put Tom in a bad light


Step back.
Look at the big picture... consider the trajectory


Tom is the darling of the UK right now.
He will likely inherit Fury's fanbase to some extent as Tyson is on the way out if not gone already.

Tom is undisputed UFC HW champ with 1 test to pass which he is a +400 favorite then basically he just needs to not lose to himself in order to run the show for the foreseeable future.


His biggest problem is that the biggest star big men in MMA are scared to fight him.

(Jones retired and
Poatan seems to want to fight at HW but never speaks Tom's name)

Thru any rreasonable lens Tom has the world by the balls and will be getting 1-2 seven figure paydays a year for the next couple years with the outside chance of a boxing lottery ticket like Conor and Francis got.
(HW boxing is about to be WIDE open)

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