Jones (28-1 MMA) and Aspinall (15-3 MMA) were of course paired to fight back in 2024, while ‘Bones’ captured the undisputed heavyweight title and the Brit was interim champion. However, shortly after his victory over Stipe Miocic at UFC 309, Jones informed Dana White and company that he had decided to retire and thus would be vacating the promotion’s heavyweight championship.
The news was disappointing to fight fans, but the division moved forward by promoting Tom Aspinall to undisputed champion and scheduled him to fight Ciryl Gane in his first title defense.
Unfortunately for Aspinall, his long-awaited return to the Octagon ended in controversy after a few eye pokes prematurely halted his fight with ‘Bon Gamin’. The fight was ultimately ruled a no-contest and the pair are now expected to face each other again in the first quarter of 2026.
With Jon Jones recently pushing for a return fight on the upcoming UFC White House card in June, talk of a possible ‘Bones’ vs. Aspinall bout has resurfaced. Former two-division UFC champion Georges St-Pierre was recently asked to give his thoughts on a hypothetical matchup between Jones and Aspinall and shared the following sentiments.
“It’s a tough fight to call.” St-Pierre said during a Kick broadcast with streamer Adin Ross (h/t MMAfighting). “In terms of performance, Jon Jones has achieved more than anyone else. He is the best. But today when you talk about who is the best today, because Tom Aspinall is younger, he is on momentum, but now his momentum is a bit broken. It was an eye gouge, but until that happened it was a very exciting fight. I think we will see soon what will happen. They will probably play again because it was a very good fight. They came forward and hit each other, otherwise it was a very good fight.
St-Pierre continued, admitting that it would be difficult to bet against his former training partner Jon Jones:
‘But if [Jones and Aspinall] fight, I don’t know. Don’t know. Jones is an anomaly. You can’t bet against Jon Jones. Even though on paper you could say he’s older, he’s not in his prime anymore, but man, he’s Jon Jones, you know what I mean?
Do you agree with Georges St-Pierre that it would be difficult to bet against Jon Jones in a hypothetical match with Tom Aspinall?
#Georges #StPierre #considers #fight #Jon #Jones #Tom #Aspinall #bet #Jon #BJPenn.com