Tom Aspinall notices silence from Jon Jones since Aspinall tore through Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304. The performance only emboldened Aspinall's belief that he's the promotion's top heavyweight fighter. Aspinall made a rare interim title defense against Blaydes in July .
Aspinall took the fight, in part, because the UFC refuses to honor his earned title unification fight against heavyweight champ Jones until Jones fights former champion Stipe Miocic. Jones has repeatedly expressed disinterest in fighting Aspinall, but Aspinall says the champion has gone radio silent. "Let's be honest, and since I won that fight, he's gone completely quiet," Aspinall told Michael Bisping on the latter's "Believe You Me" podcast .
"He'll continue to go completely quiet about me until he retires. Because there's no way on Earth that he's going to fight me. Not a chance.
I will retire Jon Jones without even fighting him." UFC CEO Dana White gave a conflicting statement earlier this month claiming that Aspinall "doesn't deserve anything" but is owed a title fight against the winner of Jones vs. Miocic.
White anticipates that a victorious Jones would grant Aspinall the unification fight, but Aspinall disagrees. "I challenge anybody watching this interview to go and find the statement, quote, a video where Jon Jones is saying that he'll fight me after he's fought Stipe. It doesn't exist," Aspinall said.
"The guy's smart, and we know the guy's a bit overweight these days. "The guy sat there with the Che.