Jon Jones accused of 'conning the public' by Tom Aspinall as fight talk frustrations boil over
03/25/2025 09:19 PM
Jon Jones has been told that he is ‘conning’ fans by continuing to stall talks for his heavyweight title unification bout.
Tom Aspinall has been chasing Jones around the world for the past year since winning the interim belt. And fans have been told by UFC boss Dana White that the fight, which is the biggest that can be made currently, is all but done.
For months Aspinall has insisted that he has agreed to his end of the deal, but Jones is believed to be holding out for a record-breaking payday. And speaking with Logan Paul in a new episode of the Impaulsive podcast, the Brit claims it is an effort to scam fans.
Tom Aspinall tears into Jon Jones in latest critique
Tom Aspinall’s continued push towards a fight with Jon Jones has seen him head to New York to pursue his rival and go on a lengthy media tour calling for the bout. Just on Saturday night at UFC London he trolled Jones with a duck toy, intimating that his rival is avoiding or ‘ducking’ the fight.
Aspinall has as many defenses of his interim heavyweight belt as Jones has of the undisputed, and is no longer interested in competing for a secondary belt. Speaking with Paul and Mike Majlak, he explained: “Jon is conning the public.
“Listen, I’m not disputing that he’s an amazing fighter. I think the fact that he didn’t want to fight [Francis] Ngannou for three years and now he doesn’t want to fight me over a year and he just the way he manipulates the media and the public is super smart. I don’t want to take anything away from him.
“But do I think he’s scared to take the tough fights at this stage in his career? Absolutely. I can [understand it], I respect it. But if you’re going to ask me the straight up question ‘is Jon Jones afraid to fight me?’ The honest answer would be ‘yes’.”
Jon Jones wants generational payout for Tom Aspinall fight
It’s been a while since Jones has openly spoke about the prospect of fighting Aspinall, instead opting to share cryptic messages and egging on a fan chant against his rival last week. But speaking after his last win at UFC 309, he noted that the money needed to make the fight would be significant.
“I just don’t like him and at the end of the day, if I give him the opportunity to fight me, I want to be so compensated,” Jones told the media at Madison Square Garden after his last world title defence against Stipe Miocic.
“I want to say it, I want that ‘f— you’ money, honestly. That’s just what it is. Or else my life is perfect without him. I don’t need him at all and he needs me and that’s a good place to be in a negotiation.”
