The possibility of Jon Jones vs Tom Aspinall happening is starting to become slimmer by the day. Jones is set to return to the octagon this weekend against Stipe Miocic.
Ahead of the fight, the winner of the fight has been billed to fight Aspinall, the interim heavyweight champion. However, it looks like Jones is not interested in fighting the Brit.
Jones is seemingly more interested in a potential fight against Alex Pereira than Aspinall. Speaking to SportsNet, the UFC heavyweight champion suggested that he would give up the heavyweight championship to fight for the BMF title against Pereira. He said:
“It’d be cool to fight over the heavyweight championship but I would also willingly give up the heavyweight championship. I walked away from the light heavyweight championship. I’d love to walk away from this one as well on top, on [my] own terms, good head on your shoulders, making lots of money. I love the position that I’m in right now.”
He added:
“Fighting Pereira for the ‘BMF’ belt, that would be cool. We both have two belts in two weight classes and the night we fought we’d both be fighting for our third belt, which would be the ‘BMF.’ How cool would that be?”
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