UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall’s first undisputed title defense resulted in a no-contest after multiple eye pokes from Ciryl Gane in the first round of UFC 321. Aspinall was deemed unable to compete further due to his injuries, and the UFC is working to book a potential rematch between the two behemoths.
In the meantime, Aspinall has come under fire for reportedly looking for a way out of his fight at UFC 321. Aljamain Sterling, TJ Dillashaw and others have questioned the severity of Aspinall’s injury.
Take Jon Jones, who recently gave a scathing assessment of Aspinall’s short-lived performance at UFC 321. He called Aspinall’s wrestling “extremely overrated” and questioned the UFC champion’s ability to overcome adversity.
Jones’ biggest rival, Daniel Cormier, wonders if Jones has any room to criticize Aspinall after months of failed fight negotiations.
Daniel Cormier questions the validity of Jon Jones’ assessment of Tom Aspinall after UFC 321
In a recent video uploaded to his YouTube Channel, Cormier weighed in on Jones’ recent comments about Aspinall after UFC 321.
“Maybe Tom Aspinall isn’t what Jon had him in mind prior to that fight, but I don’t know if we’ve seen enough in four minutes to form an opinion on his overall game,” Cormier said. “It’s just the truth….Is Jon Jones a little too harsh? Can we really form such a strong opinion based on four minutes? Doesn’t Tom Aspinall deserve a little mercy? And are we only reacting this way because we’ve never seen him wrestle at all?”
“And also, how much can you wrestle in four minutes? He had a nosebleed, and I think because he had that nosebleed, it made people feel like, ‘Oh my God, this guy is in trouble.’ Once again there are 21 minutes left in the fight. I watched Khabib Nurmagomedov lose a round to Justin Gaethje, and then he eventually submitted him and made it into the fight. A lot can change between minute 4 and minute 7, 9, 15, 21, all the way to 25.” (H/T MMA junkie)
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