There was a number 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 mild work of Stipe Miocic and retained his throne—later confirming his determination 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 info, I really do not,” Anik stated. “You’ll be able to name it knowledgeable hypothesis…”
“I haven’t got any inside info however I do consider that combat goes to occur. And I feel 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 on the lookout for, as the chance of competing at heavyweight is so massive.
“It simply comes all the way down to what Jon Jones’ quantity is. What’s Jon Jones’ web price [and] what quantity is he on the lookout for? Is it $25 million to indicate? You already know, what’s Michael Jordan price? What’s the best of all time price?”
“I really feel like the corporate is in an excellent place to make this combat and I feel you have to do Las Vegas. You have to do Worldwide Combat Week 2025.”
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“I feel what he needs is that’s like that 30, 40, 50 million greenback payday, which he so deserves at this cut-off date. As a result of as heavyweight MMA goes, something can occur…”
“The results are so nice in relation to four-ounce gloves with these guys chucking that yeah, Tom Aspinall may knock Jon Jones out in a minute and I do not suppose it is legacy diminishing in anyway.”
“However, you higher make $30 million as a result of then, at that cut-off date, possibly Jon Jones would 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 feel that is what is going on to occur and I feel that is going to be the driving pressure 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 feel that's what's going to occur." pic.twitter.com/FtCMJP3osz
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