Tom Aspinall is constant his marketing campaign to struggle for the undisputed UFC heavyweight championship by sharing a hyperlink on Instagram to a petition urging the promotion firm to strip Jon Jones of his title.
Aspinall, 32, has been interim heavyweight champion for 18 months and was handed over by Jones as his opponent for his damage comeback final November, with the 37-year-old combating Stipe Miocic as an alternative.
Six months later, Manchester’s Aspinall has repeatedly mentioned he’s not sure if he’ll struggle Jones subsequent.
Pissed off UFC followers have tried to take issues into their very own arms by establishing a petition, with greater than 150,000 folks calling for Jones’ title to be taken off him.
Talking from Thailand this week, Jones has continued to maintain his playing cards near his chest concerning his future.
“I do not know what life holds so far as combating and competing,” Jones mentioned on DeepCut with VicBlends., external
“There’s quite a lot of nice competitors nonetheless within the UFC. I do view myself as greater than a fighter, and being in my place, I really feel like I’ve much more choices than quite a lot of the opposite fighters so far as the flexibility to depart and return and issues like that.”
Aspinall has overwhelmed each fighter within the high 5 of the rankings besides Frenchman Ciryl Gane, who sits at quantity two.
