When Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall were 22 years old and 31 years old. (Career comparison)

[SpedDaddyV]

Tom Aspinall at 22 years old was tapping to no name skinny white guys with no wikipedia:


Jon Jones was literally breaking people's faces (see the Brandon Vera and Matt Hamill fights), already 6-0 in the UFC at 22 years old (if you count when he left Matt Hamill left for dead but got DQed), and about to obliterate Shogun for the title. Tom Aspinall has 8 wins in the UFC in his entire career to date for perspective.







At 31 years old, Jon Jones was already a UFC legend, 19-0 in the UFC, having beaten the likes of Cormier x2, TRT Vitor, Machida, Rampage, Rashad Evans, Gus x2, OSP, prime Glover Texeira, Chael Sonnen, Shogun, Ryan Bader, etc. 8 or 9 title defenses, and won the vacant title that he was stripped of like 3 times.



At 31 years old, Tom Aspinall is 8-1 in the UFC, with his best win being against Sergei Pavlovich. 0 title defenses.

 

[asdf122345]

Jones beats Tom and prove everyone wrong.

 

[achoo42]

Jon Jones at age 37: Is having his nuts licked clean by @SpedDaddyV

 

[MisfitsBR]

at 37 years old he is ducking to fight Aspinall, life really has its cycles

just vacate the belt if you don't want to fight the best contenders, he just hold the division for a year to beat someone who has 0 wins against current ufc fighters

 

[Spam On Rye]

Just say you're gay bro.

 

[Darragh]

We all know Jon is just going to leverage the Aspinall and/or Poatan fights to get a higher paycheck from PFL to fight Ngannou. You guys gettin worked up for nothing while Jon laughs all the way to the bank.

It's all a show.

Nothing is real.

All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, and we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.

Now here's Megan with the weather.

 

[Vespasian70AD]

Jones beats Tom and prove everyone wrong.

Then the narrative would just be that Aspinall was never that good. And that Heavyweight is just a trash division.

The vast majority of MMA fans can’t be pleased.

 

[dipstickjimmy]

Tom Aspinall at 22 years old was tapping to no name skinny white guys with no wikipedia:
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Jon Jones was literally breaking people's faces (see the Brandon Vera and Matt Hamill fights), already 6-0 in the UFC at 22 years old (if you count when he left Matt Hamill left for dead but got DQed), and about to obliterate Shogun for the title. Tom Aspinall has 8 wins in the UFC in his entire career to date for perspective.
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At 31 years old, Jon Jones was already a UFC legend, 19-0 in the UFC, having beaten the likes of Cormier x2, TRT Vitor, Machida, Rampage, Rashad Evans, Gus x2, OSP, prime Glover Texeira, Chael Sonnen, Shogun, Ryan Bader, etc. 8 or 9 title defenses, and won the vacant title that he was stripped of like 3 times.
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At 31 years old, Tom Aspinall is 8-1 in the UFC, with his best win being against Sergei Pavlovich. 0 title defenses.
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Actually great points. Only issue is Toms fights are all at HW and Jon's LHW career means nothing in the current UFC. He is 2-0 at HW while Tom is 15-3. Tom's record will soon be changed to 15-1. His Elbow DQ obviously never happened and his injury loss is now a NC so it never happened.

Why are fans of fighters so excited to watch their hero DUCK challenges? Not sure why that is exciting for you? Wouldn't you rather see Jon fight all the HWs in the top 10 and set the HW defense record in the UFC?

 

[CombatCyborg]

and won the vacant title that he was stripped of like 3 times

lol

 

[Mind Mine]

Jon Jones at age 37: Is having his nuts licked clean by @SpedDaddyV

Come on fam it’s an mma forum. The first person to paint some sick gay novel about someone else talking about a fighter is the indecent filthy nasty perverse no moral having type of gay man and there used to be a word for it but we can’t use it. Stop that. It’s trash

 

[Neck&Neck]

Yeah he’s lost to nobodies and fought nobodies
Yet Bones is still too shook to fight him

Jon DeRandamie

 

[muaythaibeast]

He didn't beat Cormier twice. He was fortunate to have that loss converted into a no contest after his failed drugs test, which is something Aspinall hasn't got.

 

[KhabibPink]

When Jones was younger he was losing in wrestling to skinny white guys like Matt Riddle.

 

[joy2day]

lol career comparison. Look at the number of pics of Tom compard to Jones, and oh- Tom is injured in the one pic of him. Just make the title "Nuthuggers alert for Jones." It would be more honest than to make some bizarrely biased comparison.

Instead of getting into some silly debate over a silly argument, let's instead vibe something more positive, how about some twerking:

 

[RedDevilFan]

He didn't beat Cormier twice. He was fortunate to have that loss converted into a no contest after his failed drugs test, which is something Aspinall hasn't got.

Do not forget about being the only fighter to beat Cormier after a week of doing cocaine, in their first fight.

A true GOAT, and that is how legends are built. Aspinall does not have that kind of legendary tale. Nor has he fought a fighter as good as Cormier on or off cocaine.

 

[Crash Lance]

At 31 years old, Tom Aspinall is 8-1 in the UFC, with his best win being against Sergei Pavlovich. 0 title defenses.

In point of fact, Tom eliminated Curtis in order to defend the INTERIM UFC Heavyweight Championship.

Tom Aspinall is currently the INTERIM UFC Heavyweight Champion (with 1 title defence).

 

[Gilday]

When Jon Jones was 28 he was doing coke benders and smashing into pregnant ladies and fleeing the scene.
Tom Aspinall at 28 was a decent guy who had just made his UFC debut.

When Jon Jones was 30 he took PEDs and tainted his legacy forever.
When Tom Aspinall was 30 he stepped up on short notice and won the interim championship.

When Jon Jones was 31 he got an entire PPV card moved to a new state the week of the fight because the commission considered him a drug cheat.
When Tom Aspinall was 31 he avenged his only UFC loss when he beat Blaydes in his home country.

When Jon Jones was 34 he battered his wife bloody infront of his kids which forced them to call the Police on their own Dad to protect their Mom.

Am I doing this right?

 

[13Seconds]

Well career trajectories come in different forms. We are here now and this fight should obviously happen.

 

[World eater]

Look, another stupid Jones thread. I have a white shield to sell you. It has a duck as a coat of arms on it.

 

[TeenageMutantLesnarTurtle]

What exactly is the point of this thread? to discredit Tom so Jon doesnt get as much heat for ducking him? what relevance does shit from a decade ago have to do with where the HW division is at in 2024?