Fight fans are tied of seeing Jon Jones hold up the UFC heavyweight division and they’ve signed a petition to see it changed.
It’s only been six months since Jones defended his UFC heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 (highlights HERE), but for most it seems way longer than that. That’s because Jones has only fought twice in total overover the past five years. Not to mention the fact that Jones has teased retirement more than once and seems perfectly fine waiting on the sidelines for as long as he wants.
Jones’ decision to delay his next fight has put the UFC heavyweight division in a weird spot. More specifically, it puts interim UFC heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall in a state of constant limbo. The English star has destroyed every opponent he has faced inside of the Octagon and appears to be the next generation of heavyweight fighter. Unfortunately for Aspinall, his title unification fight against Jones remains on ice, which has somewhat capped his full UFC potential.
As for fight fans, they’re tired of hearing about a potential championship bout between Jones and Aspinall. It’s still the biggest fight to make in UFC right now and they want it now. If Jones is unable to schedule his return to the Octagon then those same fight fans want him stripped of his title. This would allow Aspinall to fight for undisputed gold and become the massive star he can be.
In fact, over 30,000 fight fans have already signed an online petition to have Jones stripped of his UFC belt. UFC CEO, Dana White, is listed as the official “Decision Maker,” but the total signatures continue to grow. It will be interesting to see how many people sign this petition before Jones either books his next fight, vacates his belt, or UFC officials decide to actually take his title away.
76k now
I’d rather see him lose his belt in the cage.
If he’s stripped and then retires or whatever, him and his nuthuggers will just say he never really lost it.
I think fans have had more than enough of Bones at this point
Anyone else getting bored of the year long publicity campaign for this fight?
Yes and I have to post updates still but YAWN
I am. Dana has been cock teasing us while Jones has been being Jones.
Aspinall made more progress when he stopped caring about Jones. Jones on the other hand is trying to play Musashi and get Tommy all tied up in knots about waiting for this to happen. Jones responds better when ignored because his ego won’t let him dip out as much as he likes to say.
My hands are tied, Dana and Jones blocked me on Twitter a long time ago.
To me it’s more annoying because it’s a fight that will never happen.
I was sick of the build up for the Stipe fiasco, a fight that no one wanted, including Stipe. I’m more than sick of the current situation which I believe is 100% the fault of the ufc. Luke Thomas explained it pretty well imo. Jones told the ufc months ago he’s done and they are holding up the division thinking they can make the fight for MSG and they don’t care if Aspinall has to wait because their schedule is full until November
By UGers you mean the guys posting porn on the old site?
Jones is in a bad spot here. If he loses, it’s going to drive him insane. His only loss being his last fight. Then his only option is a rematch, and if he loses again, well…
It is ultimately the UFC’s fault. They are enabling Jones.
Based on time Jones is now the longest reigning UFC HW champion of all time. In this reign he’s defended the title once against a 42 year old who had a 0 -1 record over four years.
The UFC is gay.
Im a huge Luke Thomas fan.
Im a bit suprised you like Luke.
Seems like hed be a bit too Left wing for you.
Signed. It’s time to move on and quit with his bullshit.
I just don’t care anymore. Whether you think Jones is/was the GOAT, right now, he’s not fit or training seriously, a lot older, and easily led astray by drugs/drink/shiny things and doesn’t see a lot to win and a legacy to lose whoever he fights now. So he won’t. Please, please UFC, move on
This is the UFCs only HW fight. “The baddest man on the planet” division has one fucking fight and it’s for a made up belt that’s so meaningless there’s two of them.