There was plenty of hypothesis surrounding the rumored and highly-anticipated Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall bout, and an enormous replace has now been supplied for the conflict.
After a 20-month layoff, ‘Bones’ lastly made his return to the octagon to defend his heavyweight throne. As many followers predicted, the champion made gentle work of Stipe Miocic and retained his throne—later confirming his choice to not retire, regardless of prior hints.
Since then, the noise of Jon Jones unifying his title in opposition to interim champ Tom Aspinall has gotten louder. Now, Jon Anik has given an replace on what he expects the UFC to do.
Although nothing has been confirmed, Anik believes the combat does occur.
“I’ve no inside data, I really do not,” Anik mentioned. “You possibly can name it knowledgeable hypothesis…”
“I haven’t got any inside data however I do consider that combat goes to occur. And I believe most telling is the way in which Jon Jones dealt with his post-fight interview with Joe Rogan.”
Anik later insisted that Jones needs to be paid no matter worth he’s in search of, as the chance of competing at heavyweight is so giant.
“It simply comes right down to what Jon Jones’ quantity is. What’s Jon Jones’ web price [and] what quantity is he in search of? Is it $25 million to indicate? You realize, what’s Michael Jordan price? What’s the best of all time price?”
“I really feel like the corporate is in an amazing place to make this combat and I believe you have to do Las Vegas. You have to do Worldwide Combat Week 2025.”
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“I believe what he needs is that’s like that 30, 40, 50 million greenback payday, which he so deserves at this time limit. As a result of as heavyweight MMA goes, something can occur…”
“The implications are so nice in the case of four-ounce gloves with these guys chucking that yeah, Tom Aspinall might knock Jon Jones out in a minute and I do not assume it is legacy diminishing in any respect.”
“However, you higher make $30 million as a result of then, at that time limit, perhaps Jon Jones does not need to have one other coaching camp and rematch Tom Aspinall. Or have two or three extra fights.”
“In my thoughts, he has 16 championship banners already hanging… I simply need to see Jon Jones receives a commission and I believe that is what is going on to occur and I believe that is going to be the driving power behind making the combat.”
Jon Anik's "knowledgeable hypothesis" leads him to consider Jon Jones vs. Tom Aspinall goes down at Worldwide Combat Week 2025."I simply need to see Jon Jones receives a commission, and I believe that's what's going to occur." pic.twitter.com/FtCMJP3osz
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