A UFC insider has predicted an announcement over the eagerly-anticipated heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall could “soon” be made.
Negotiations over the blockbuster unification fight began in the aftermath of Jones’ demolition of Stipe Miocic last November.
The UFC brass are working on a historic fight between Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall[/caption]
Undisputed heavyweight king Jones, 37, had demanded “f**k you” to unify the belts[/caption]
UFC bigwig Dana White revealed[/caption]
Former middleweight champion Michael Bisping wouldn’t be surprised if the fight gets announced “soon”[/caption]
Jones has publicly demanded “f**k you money” to unify the belts, an ultimatum many believe could scupper the bout.
But UFC bigwig Dana White recently insisted the fight will come together, a declaration which has led commentator Michael Bisping to believe there could be an imminent announcement.
The former middleweight champion said on his YouTube channel: “What’s going on with that one?
“We’ve got to get an announcement on Tom versus Jones pretty soon.
“I would say if they’re going to fight on International Fight Week or something like that.
“They’ve got to announce it. They’ve got to start the training camps and the fact that they haven’t is giving me cause for concern.”
White was bombarded by questions over the fight during a recent Instagram Live, during which he issued a blunt message to the growing vocal doubters.
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“Yes you will,” he said after a fan commented that we’re ‘not getting’ Jones vs Aspinall. “It’s coming. Relax.”
White’s update on the fight comes nearly a month after he suggested protracted negotiations could potentially lead to Jones being STRIPPED.
When asked if they could consider relieving Jones of the belt, White told The MacLife: “One hundred per cent.
“If we don’t get the fight done, we move on, and we make another fight.
“But not last night, but the night before, I was up in my room with my people until like 6 in the morning.
“We’re working on lots of stuff right now. There’s lots of really good sh*t going on right now.”
Former pound-for-pound king Jones, 37, hasn’t fought since his third-round TKO of Miocic at UFC 309 last November.
Aspinall, meanwhile, hasn’t fought competed since retaining his interim title with a 60-second stoppage of Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 in Manchester.
