Tom Aspinall and his team are waiting for news that Jon Jones will return for their much -needed UFC Heavyweight Title Unification Fight.
After Jones had eliminated Stipe Miocic on UFC 309, he calls to unite the title against Interim champion, Tom Aspinall continued.
And although negotiations seemed to go in the right direction, according to Dana White, Aspinall recently broke his silence by blaming Jones for their fight that was still not planned.
This has admitted Aspinall that he is now 'bored' of talking about Jon Jones, which states that if the fight is made, he will be there for each date.
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Tom Aspinall's father orders Jon Jones to leave the heavyweight title
The hesitation of the 37-year-old champion to sign to combat the Brit not only starts to frustrate Aspinall, but also his father, Andy Aspinall.
After compiling one of the best heavyweight teams in his gym in Manchester, Andy broadcast his frustration with 'bones' because he did not book the fight and stated that 'he should leave'.
“You are contracted to do three fights a year and I think he worked himself in a position in which (Aspinall) has to fight for a belt,” Aspinall told Jamal Niaz.
“For me, if a man does not want to fight for the belt, he has to leave him. Tom is not worried about Jones … Jon Jones is just another body in the gym, another B – in the shower.
“(Tom) just wants to compete, he is a competitor. And as a coach you want him to compete when he is fit. You don't want him to be in the gym,” his father continued.
Jon Jones is said to want to prepare for ashinall fights for six months
According to MMA journalist, Ariel Helwani, Jones demands at least six months to prepare for the approaching fight against Aspinall.
And with that the alleged requirement of Jones is ridiculous by UFC legend, Chael Sonnen.
“What do you mean he needs six months, six months from when? Six months starting when? I think, I mean now, don't you? Everything I say, apart from six months from now on is stupid,” said Sonnen in a video on his YouTube channel.
It seems that the fight was the target of the International Vechtweek at the end of June, with that date increasingly unlikely by the day.
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