With UFC Heavyweight champion Jon Jones turning down the prospect of fighting Tom Aspinall, tensions have continued to rise. Amid that, Jones has broken his silence on the controversy with a sharp tweet, but the deletion of the same rapidly left fans with even more questions.
During a recent interview, Jones mentioned that Aspinall 'hasn't done anything' and 'hasn't proven anything', leading to the fans questioning him if he is ducking the fight. The 37-year-old took to his official account on X and wrote, "I'm going to hide in my mansion and not come outside, people are calling me a duck come oh no my world is over. What is this high school? lol." However, the champion fighter deleted it quickly, sparking more rumours.
Here's what Jon Jones actually said about the prospect of fighting Tom Aspinall:
Speaking to journalist Kevin Lole, who asked him about the possibility of Aspinall, Jones suggested that he wishes to compete against guys who have the potential to have a legendary status in ten years.
"More than likely not. I feel like Tom Aspinall is, I don’t want to say ‘nobody’, but he just hasn’t proven anything. He hasn’t done anything – I understand that he won his belt against Sergei, Sergei just got slaughtered by someone else. So I’m not here to gamble someone else making a name off of me, I’m here to compete against the guys where when we look back 10 years from now."
