Why would any true MMA fan not want to see Jones v Aspinall next?

[MustangSally]

There are surprisingly many people on this board, mainly Jon Jones fans, who passionately argue against Jones v Aspinall.

"Tom is obviously a great fighter and is really hot right now, but the fight does nothing for Jones."
"Tom does not deserve to be the guy who gives Jones his first loss"
"At some point, you do deserve to call the shots."
"If he is going to risk a loss on his legacy, and give another fighter a win over him on their resume, they better deserve it"

What I don't understand is how you can be a fan of MMA and not want this fight next? Isn't the whole concept of sport that the highest ranked fight each other to find out who is number 1? Why would any MMA fan in their right mind not want the 2 dominant heavyweights (in other words, the guys who are "hot" right now) to fight next - especially if one of them only has a couple of fights left?

The argument that Jon Jones should get to call the shots and have "fun" fights is also flawed. What makes this sport (and any sport) exciting that the end result is unpredictable. Jones vs Aspinall is on paper much harder to predict than Jones v Stipe or Jones v Poatan, and putting everything else aside, this alone makes he fight more appealing and "fun" than the other alternatives. Besides, Jones already got to call the shots once to have a "fun" fight with a guy that should be nowhere near the title picture (Stipe). So, please can anyone enlighten med and explain why Jones v Aspinall shouldn't be next?

 

[Shaolin Alan]

How original...
@SuperAlly cried about this yesterday

If you dont want the champ to fight the interim champ

You aren't an MMA fan You aren't a UFC fan. You're a Jon Jones fan That's cool. You can be what you like. But you don't really like fighting and you don't really like MMA. You're like those weird schoolboys we had on here for years that just wanted to fellate Conor regardless of what he did.

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[SuperAlly]

There are surprisingly many people on this board, mainly Jon Jones fans, who passionately argue against Jones v Aspinall.

"Tom is obviously a great fighter and is really hot right now, but the fight does nothing for Jones."
"Tom does not deserve to be the guy who gives Jones his first loss"
"At some point, you do deserve to call the shots."
"If he is going to risk a loss on his legacy, and give another fighter a win over him on their resume, they better deserve it"

What I don't understand is how you can be a fan of MMA and not want this fight next? Isn't the whole concept of sport that the highest ranked fight each other to find out who is number 1? Why would any MMA fan in their right mind not want the 2 dominant heavyweights (in other words, the guys who are "hot" right now) to fight next - especially if one of them only has a couple of fights left?

The argument that Jon Jones should get to call the shots and have "fun" fights is also flawed. What makes this sport (and any sport) exciting that the end result is unpredictable. Jones vs Aspinall is on paper much harder to predict than Jones v Stipe or Jones v Poatan, and putting everything else aside, this alone makes he fight more appealing and "fun" than the other alternatives. Besides, Jones already got to call the shots once to have a "fun" fight with a guy that should be nowhere near the title picture (Stipe). So, please can anyone enlighten med and explain why Jones v Aspinall shouldn't be next?

They're like the immature Conor fans of the previous 5 to 10 years

They care only about the man they idolise and not about seeing the best fights

It's a weird way to be. But it's how they are

 

[RockyLockridge]

The only reason I can think of is that A lot of people want to see Alex Periera fight for the HW title. If jones fights again, I'd like to see Aspinall, Personally I dont care if jones fights again or not. If he wants to relinquish the title and do other shit, Let him. if the UFC wants him to stay the course and keep fighting like he's been fighting, they need to pay him whatever he wants. If he'd rather do fun fights that are just fun for him and fights he's always wanted im fine with that too, hopefully the UFC takes his title away. Rather than hold up the division with their little Jones "farewell tour"

 

[Striker Fox]

Same reason some Pereira stans didn't want their man fighting the clear #1 contender. They have no integrity.

 

[Oz.Pride]

You poor ignorant casuals.

You poor Jones hating, Dana hating gentle autistic idiots.

They aren't protecting Jon from Tom. It's the other way around.

Jones would break that poor dimwitted boy, then retire.

You shouldn't want that. Nobody should.

 

[Thy]

only thing i can think of is cause if jones vs aspinal, we only gonna see aspinal fight once in the next 2-3 years. if not then aspinal more likely to fight 5-7 times.

 

[mkess101]

How original...
@SuperAlly cried about this yesterday

If you dont want the champ to fight the interim champ

You aren't an MMA fan You aren't a UFC fan. You're a Jon Jones fan That's cool. You can be what you like. But you don't really like fighting and you don't really like MMA. You're like those weird schoolboys we had on here for years that just wanted to fellate Conor regardless of what he did.

forums.sherdog.com

Cried=spoke logically and hurt your feelings because he interrupted you e-fellating Jon Jones

 

[MustangSally]

How original...
@SuperAlly cried about this yesterday

If you dont want the champ to fight the interim champ

You aren't an MMA fan You aren't a UFC fan. You're a Jon Jones fan That's cool. You can be what you like. But you don't really like fighting and you don't really like MMA. You're like those weird schoolboys we had on here for years that just wanted to fellate Conor regardless of what he did.

forums.sherdog.com

Not really. SuperAlly's point is that people who dont want champ vs interim champ are not MMA or UFC fans, just Jon Jones fans. I actually don't see any contradiction between being a Jon Jones fan and also wanting Jon Jones to fight (and win against) Tom Aspinall. Wanting your favourite fighter to only have easy/favourable matchups is a bit weird to be honest

 

[RockyLockridge]

You poor ignorant casuals.

You poor Jones hating, Dana hating gentle autistic idiots.

They aren't protecting Jon from Tom. It's the other way around.

Jones would break that poor dimwitted boy, then retire.

You shouldn't want that. Nobody should.

this is the other side of it. If jones beats aspinall then bounces, the HW division will be gane and Aspinall. It might be best for aspinall to build a legacy independant of jon jones, ngannou or stipe. See how far he could take it that way.

 

[BraNerd]

Yanks don't want to see this meme reversed...

 

[orca]

we all wanted to see it.why wouldnt we?
but if your in jones shoes
wich fight would you pic that would benefit you the most?

 

[TheNinja]

I don't know. Why?

 

[PaulieVegas27]

Because they're not a true MMA fan. Period.

 

[blaseblase]

this is the other side of it. If jones beats aspinall then bounces, the HW division will be gane and Aspinall. It might be best for aspinall to build a legacy independant of jon jones, ngannou or stipe. See how far he could take it that way.

Nonsense, Jones built his legacy against aging veterans. Aspinall deserves to get the same opportunity.

 

[JBJ was here]

As a Jones fan and an MMA fan, the Jones vs Aspinall fight is the fight to make, but I don't have any great expectations for the fight and won't really care if I don't get to see it. I figure the odds on the fight are roughly as follows: 1) 20% chance Aspinall wins on a big first round blitz and we don't really learn anything, but Jones haters all get terminal hard ons, 2) 40% chance Aspinall gasses completely trying to blitz Jon and Jon thoroughly embarrasses him in response, leaving the HW division a desiccated husk when Jones retires, 3) 20% chance Aspinall gasses completely trying to blitz Jon and Jon coasts to an easy decision, or 4) 20% chance of a great fight that I really wouldn't want to miss.

 

[RockyLockridge]

Nonsense, Jones built his legacy against aging veterans. Aspinall deserves to get the same opportunity.

Not sure I agree with Deserves. It might be better for him not to.

 

[WokeWarrior]

Because theres nothing compelling about Tom
hes no Specimen like Cain Francis or DC.
hes just tom...i dont see the Ali comparisons bisping was
talking about no where...... but mostly he aint do nothing...
maybe if he tore through light heavy weight made a name for himself
then moved up and did the same thing then we'd have a super fight on our hand....
but as we speak tom is just tom...

 

[Mind Mine]

Me being a true mma fan I would watch two chipmunks compete mma you make zero sense. It shouldn’t be made because its a double vision killer fight and once Jones is gone so is the star power and other organizations HW then looks more appealing. Some are not as shortsighted as you and see the bigger fucking picture. Stop making it a matter of true fan or not my young neophyte

 

[Mind Mine]

Nonsense, Jones built his legacy against aging veterans. Aspinall deserves to get the same opportunity.

Jones built his legacy at 21. Tom is a nobody without that fight and not even the biggest name on the roster even with it. The division would tank with no Jones and aTom champ