Because that isn’t nowhere close to the biggest payday if him life. Bob is a nobody. Lol
lol right… Jon fighting to unify the HW title in a fight that is trending #1 in UFC discussion. The buildup is huge.
Nobody cares about Stipe.
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He’s a rising star, but the reason the fight would be huge is because lot of people think he can beat Jon, want to see Jon lose, and it’s to unify the HW title.
TBH, the more time that has gone on the more discussion about this fight is happening, the bigger it’s getting, it’s looking like Jon is a duck which is even more intriguing. Also, the UK market is looking for a new superstar.
One thing is for certain, nobody gives a shit about Stipe in 2024 and Jon is taking the smaller fight because he scurred.
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This is the first time Jon is the underdog in his entire career:
In the aftermath of the win, Aspinall is now a -150 favorite to defeat Jones (+130) according to online sportsbook BetOnline — a far cry from where the odds sat in July 2023, which had Aspinall listed as a +170 underdog and Jones as a -200 favorite. Aspinall, 31, is 7-1 in the UFC heavyweight division since 2020.
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Youre right no one cares about stipe…
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IMO Aspinall would finish Jones. They both have belts but Jones wants nothing to do with Aspinall. Jones wants the older guy that has not fought in a long while and had some really hard last fights.
A side note though - Is it just me or does Aspinall looke like a Easter Island Statue come to life?
Maybe it is just the chin.
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These are the same type of guys Aspinall beats. All of Aspinall’s wins are against guys at Gane’s level or worse.
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Agreed… If it was boxing he would have lost his belt.
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Blaydes, Spivac and Tybura are all solid grapplers and all true HW’s… even Volkov and Pavlovich to a lesser extent. Tom finished all of them.
Jon has beaten nobody that qualifies at both of those things.
I know you didn’t type that with a straight face
Blaydes is the best wrestler in the division, Spivak has the third most td’s UFC hw history and many wins via submission as does Tybura who is a BJJ black belt.
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His legacy is secure as the greatest LHW of all time whatever happens at heavyweight.
He’s not been a heavyweight nearly long enough to be in the discussion for GOAT heavy.
The fact he’s largely demolished everyone he fought despite having no power in his hands is crazy.
I think Jones beats Aspinall if he fights him now. If we wait too long and Jones starts to get old then it won’t count as much. But the way he beat Game makes me think he would do something similar to Aspinall albeit in a slightly longer timeframe. No more than 3 rounds though. But jones is on the cusp so it has to be now.
His legacy is tainted by fighting like a fag imo.
His legacy as a fighter is fine, but his legacy as a heavyweight is not.
At the end of the day, Jones spent years telling everyone he was bulking up to dominate the HW division. He finally comes up and beats an absolute amateur in Cyril Gane, only to run scared from the first legitimately decent HW since DC & Stipe we’re in their primes, and fight a Stipe that is almost claiming his pension.
Jones is the greatest LHW of all time. At HW, he’s a fucking joke. And his overall “legacy” is also a fucking joke