UFC heavyweight titleholder Tom Aspinall continues to recover from a serious eye injury he suffered at UFC 321 last month. Just minutes after his fight with Ciryl Gane, Aspinall was accidentally punctured in both eyes, leaving Aspinall unable to continue competing.
The fight was ruled a no-contest and it is expected that Aspinall and Gane will resume the fight sometime in early 2026.
In the meantime, Aspinall remains a hot-button topic, mostly focused on whether or not he was “looking for an easy way out” of the fight with Gane. Before the stoppage, Gane had found some success against Aspinall, leaving Aljamain Sterling and others to question the defending champion’s heart.
Bring Jon Jones into the discussion, who mercilessly blasted Aspinall on social media and in a post-UFC 321 podcast appearance. He called Aspinall’s fight “incredibly overrated” and continues to tease a possible White House showdown next year.
Jon Jones is the latest to seriously question Tom Aspinall’s eye injury
But Jones went a step further in his latest media appearance, when he became the latest to question the severity of Aspinall’s ailments.
In a recent interview with Geoffrey WooJones accused Aspinall of exaggerating the injuries he suffered in the cage at UFC 321.
“The doctor said, ‘He seems fine.’ But Tom said, ‘No, I can’t fight.’ The man didn’t try to see, the man didn’t want to see,” Jones said of Aspinall.
“The eye he covered seemed to be the eye that wasn’t penetrated. I don’t think Tom really knew which eye would be more affected. He just knew there was a mistake made in him and this was his way out.”
“If we still fight, it would be great. If not, I don’t feel like I need him. Especially after his last performance.”
Jones remains hopeful he will return to the UFC Octagon at the White House next year. UFC CEO Dana White remains adamant that Jones will not get his desired return date, indicating a lack of confidence in the GOAT candidate.
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