Interim heavyweight champion, Tom Aspinall has claimed UFC CEO, Dana White confirmed to him a title unification combat between himself and Jon Jones is on deck to occur subsequent 12 months — with the promotional brass claiming the matchup would be the “biggest fight” within the historical past of the group.
Aspinall, the present interim heavyweight champion, most just lately took on two-time foe, Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 again in July, avenging his sole promotional defeat within the type of a blistering opening spherical knockout win.
As for Jones, the previous two-time gentle heavyweight champion, made the primary protection of his heavyweight crown at UFC 309 final month, taking out former two-time heavyweight titleholder, Stipe Miocic at Madison Sq. Backyard with a spinning back-kick knockout win within the third spherical.
Tom Aspinall reveals Jon Jones combat is certainly “happening” subsequent
Nevertheless, based on the Atherton native, following talks with White after the occasion in New York — he obtained assurances he could be preventing Jones in an unification pairing subsequent.
“Actually, right after that press conference, I had a meeting with Dana,” Tom Aspinall mentioned on “Piers Morgan Uncensored.” “So, in all honesty, I was expecting to come and maybe we negotiate a little bit. He literally walks into the room and said, ‘It’s happening.’ I said, ‘Well, he’s going to want loads of money.’ He said, ‘I know, but it’s happening.’ And he said, ‘It’s going to be the biggest fight in UFC history.’”
Successful interim heavyweight spoils in November of final 12 months, British heavyweight star, Aspinall stopped the surge of Russian knockout artist, Sergei Pavlovich with a shocking first spherical knockout win at The Backyard.
