Tom Aspinall is confident about his fighting future, despite the uncertainty surrounding Jon Jones.
Talks for a massive UFC heavyweight unification fight have been ongoing since November 2024.
Last week, Jon Jones publicly claimed he’s got no interest in facing his division’s interim titleholder amid rumors about his impending retirement from MMA.
A subsequent call out of Francis Ngannou fell flat as UFC CEO Dana White shut down the crossover bout and insisted that Tom Aspinall is the man to beat at heavyweight during his UFC 316 post-fight press conference.
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Tom Aspinall is glad to be done with Jon Jones saga
Tom Aspinall recently teamed up with lightweight contender Paddy Pimblett for a training session.
Naturally, ‘The Baddy’ probed his English compatriot for information on the Jon Jones situation.
Aspinall’s response suggested that the UFC are ready to give up on the biggest fight of 2025.
“Everybody has got a time limit, and he’s reached it. Now we’re moving on,” he said.
“It’s all in the past now. We’re moving forward, everything’s good, and we can get fighting again.
“It’s better now because I do know what’s going on a bit and I am gonna fight soon, so that’s nice.
“But for the last six months, I’ve just kind of not known what is going on.
“Money, fame, titles, rankings, all that aside, I just love fighting. I just like fighting people, that’s what I got into it for. I didn’t get into it really for anything else. All of the other stuff is just nice to have on top.
“I just want to fight and that’s been taken away from me for over a year now.
“But we’re nearly over it now, which is good.”
Dana White reacts to petition to strip Jon Jones
Over 190,000 people have signed a petition calling for the UFC to strip Jon Jones of his belt.
Dana White dismissed it as ‘silly’ when probed by assembled media following UFC 316 on Saturday.
“Yeah,” the UFC CEO said when asked if he’d seen the viral petition.
“Every human on Earth was DM’ing it to me.
“How many fans are there worldwide now, what’s the number?
“Like 400 million and 130,000 people want to see him stripped.
“It’s kind of f—— silly.”
Those don’t seem like the comments of a man who is planning to strip Jones anytime soon.
Still, Aspinall seems to think there will be an imminent resolution that will work in his favor.