Joe Rogan has one question about Tom Aspinall heading into 2025.
The interim UFC heavyweight champion has looked nothing short of spectacular during his run to the top, which included quick wins over Curtis Blaydes, Sergei Pavlovich and Alexander Volkov.
Tom Aspinall is expected to face Jon Jones next after the greatest of all time defended the real heavyweight title by knocking out Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 on November 16.
Fan predictions for the highly anticipated champion-champ matchup are already coming in. Still, Joe Rogan is just curious about what will happen if the Englishman is extended beyond five minutes after his incredible run of first-round finishes.
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Joe Rogan is excited about Tom Aspinall
Joe Rogan is extremely impressed with Tom Aspinall's UFC run.
The 31-year-old has never been in the third round during his 15-3 professional MMA career, and the UFC commentator is excited to see what will happen if Jon Jones can survive his early attack.
“God, I hope they fight,” Rogan said during a recent episode of his podcast.
'I want to know [what would happen]. Here's the question with Aspinall. What happens to Aspinall in the second round?
“If you want to talk about a guy who sprints. If you want to talk about a fast-twitch guy, Aspinall might be the fastest heavyweight in the history of the sport.
“I don't think anyone moves like that guy. With a frame weighing over 250 pounds, his movement is extraordinary, and you have to deal with that. That's an insane amount of power. His ability to move the way he moves is so much different than anyone else in the sport.
“Hand speed and a full range of skills. Incredible stand-up knocks guys out with one punch, black belt in Jui-Jitsu, really good wrestler. He has everything and he is young.”
Joe Rogan can't bet against Jon Jones
Despite addressing Tom Aspinall, Joe Rogan stopped backing him to give Jon Jones his first real taste of defeat – his only MMA loss coming via DQ in a 2009 fight that he dominated.
The popular podcaster refuses to take a stand against 'Bones' after watching his rise to the top and hearing stories about how he has dealt with heavyweight sparring partners over the years.
Rogan added: “It's hard to bet against Jon.
“But Jon is not a real heavyweight. Jon could become light heavyweight, 100 percent. He now weighs 230 pounds, maybe a little less than 230 pounds. I have no doubt that if Jon changed his diet…he wouldn't have added so much weight that you'd say 205 pounds is out of reach.
“Look, he always had a reputation for screwing over all the heavyweights at Jackson-Winklejohn. When Brendan went down and trained with him, Brendan was a heavyweight, Brendan Schaub said, 'He screwed me over.'
“He says, 'Dude, I was in the top 10 in the world as a heavyweight, I thought I was the asshole and he screwed me over!' He says, 'He beat my a** and he beat everyone else's a** too.'
“All the other heavyweights, they messed with him too, he's just a freak.”
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