Venerable UFC heavyweight Daniel Cormier has claimed neither Jon Jones or Stipe Miocic will fight Tom Aspinall.
This comes after Aspinall used to be confirmed as the help-up fighter for the conflict between the pair at UFC 309 on November 17.
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Dana White confirmed that Jones would shield his UFC heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden in Unusual York in opposition to Miocic, 42, amid criticism from different followers who believed it used to be Aspinall that ought to be next in line for the championship bout.
Manchester’s Aspinall brutally knocked out Sergei Pavlovich in the first spherical to change into the intervening time heavyweight champion at UFC 295 in November last year.
An intervening time belt used to be created by the UFC as Jones, the undisputed champion, grew to change into slothful. So, the conventional route for somebody love Aspinall would be to fight Jones for the title next.
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Nevertheless, the unification of the UFC’s heavyweight division is but to occur and MMA followers are timid Jones, 37, can even retire after his scheduled fight with Miocic, earlier than we secure to stare the dream matchup with Aspinall.
Talking on his YouTube channel with passe UFC fighter Ben Askren, Cormier mentioned the situation in which one in every of Jones or Miocic gets injured earlier than their bout.
He stated: “I would bet that if somebody gets peril, Tom Aspinall stays on the card and he fights neither a form of guys.
“Aspinall’s officially the help-up fighter, but which a form of dudes are going to if fact be told reveal, ‘OK, I’ll fight Tom Aspinall’, which one in every of them will if fact be told cease in the fight?”
Askren disagreed with Cormier asserting that either fighter would have to fight Aspinall ought to their opponent pull out.
Cormer responded by asserting: “Come on, dude. Pavlovich used to be the help-up fighter in Unusual York Metropolis when Jones and Stipe had been scheduled to fight the first time. Jones got peril, Stipe pulled out – Aspinall fought in opposition to Pavlovic.
“There’s no guarantee that because he’s the help-up fighter, somebody goes to fight him.
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“Neither a form of guys are fighting Tom Aspinall if they don’t have to. It’ll be Tom Aspinall versus Ciryl Gane or somebody for the intervening time championship because those guys are fighting every other and no-one else!”
Jones submitted France’s Gane inner three minutes of the first spherical in his own yard at UFC 285 in Paris after a 3 hiatus.
Many followers agreed with Cormier’s comments with one particular person stating: “Daniel Cormier’s accurate, if Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic can live away from it, they doubtlessly will! Seems to be love Tom Aspinall would perhaps well want to withhold his dance card open for Ciryl Gane as a change.”
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A second person added: “Agree with DC, neither Jones nor Stipe will fight Aspinall. All of us know it,” and another said Jones would not fight Aspinall if Miocic gets hurt as he ‘wants a pay day and to stay “‘undefeated'”.
To date, Jones versus Miocic is still going ahead as planned. This may come much to the dismay of Aspinall who, although, admits he is excited for the fight, must be curious to find out what would happen should one of them pull out.
Charles Oliveira takes on Michael Chandler as the co-main event in New York for UFC 309 and Bo Nickal faces Scotland’s Paul Craig on the undercard.
