November 30, 2024 10: 30 am ET
Chael Sonnen is positive Jon Jones battles Tom Aspinall.
Heavyweight champ Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) continued to dismiss interim champ Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) after he kept his belt with a TKO of Stipe Miocic at UFC 309.
Jones offered a favorable upgrade about his battling future, however with Aspinall still the interim champion, Sonnen states that can just mean one thing.
“The UFC isn’t without takeadvantageof here,” Sonnen stated on “Good Guy/Bad Guy” with Daniel Cormier. “If they’ve kept the belt around Tom, it’s to let Jon understand, ‘It’s no issue to pull that one off your waist. We’ve got another one sitting right over here. We’ve got world champs – they’re genuine simple to make over here at the UFC.’”
UFC CEO Dana White shut down Jones’ aspiration to battle light heavyweight champ Alex Pereira, which provides Sonnen even more self-confidence that it’s Aspinall or bust for Jones – even however Jones isn’t offered on combating Aspinall.
“I’ll let you understand what UFC stands – Jon ha