UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall has explained why he apologized to Jon Jones, who reacted harshly to the Brit’s demand to strip him of his current title.
According to Aspinall, his words were initially misinterpreted and he doesn’t actually believe the organization should relieve the American of his championship belt.
“I actually misspoke,” Aspinall told SunSport. “I don’t think he should be stripped of the title as I think Jon Jones has done so much for the sport and deserves to keep the championship belt.”
“I just think that potentially, he should keep the title vacant. But at the same time, who am I to tell Jon Jones what he should do?”
Jon Jones was scheduled to make his title defense against fellow countryman Stipe Miocic on Nov. 11 at UFC 295 in New York City, but pulled out of the bout two weeks before the tournament after tearing a pectoral muscle, while Tom Aspinall won the interim championship belt in a numbered event by knocking out Russian Sergey Pavlovic in 69 seconds.
At a recent press conference in Austin, the head of the World’s Strongest League, Dana White, confirmed that the organization will stick to the same script, and will hold a title fight between Jones and Miocic once the champion recovers from his injury.
Source: https://fighttime.ru/news/item/33337-tom-aspinall-ob-yasnilsya-po-povodu-slov-v-adres-dzhona-dzhonsa.html?rand=19907
