Dana White confirms Tom Aspinall as the backup fighter for Jones vs Miocic

Tom Aspinall moves one step closer to his dream fight; the president of the UFC, Dana White, recently took the time to address that Tom Aspinall will be the backup fighter for the upcoming heavyweight title fight between Jon Jones and Stipe Miocic.

The mega-fight has been scheduled to take place on 9th November at UFC 309 in Madison Square Garden. In most cases, backup fighters are the next title challengers; Tom Aspinall will most likely face the winner of Jon Jones vs Stipe Miocic – considering they don’t retire.

Dana White on Tom Aspinall being the back up fighter

Dana White spoke about Tom Aspinall being the backup fighter and reacted to Jon Jones’ retirement claims.

“Yes,” White said, as quoted by mmafighting.com. “Tom Aspinall is next in line for anything that happens after this fight”. Dana White on Jon Jones’ claiming to retire “Why speak to him after this event? You’ve got to figure out what’s going to happen in this fight.

See how this fight plays out and then we’ll go from there”.

you're talking about bantamweights and Dana White flips it back and starts talking about how good Jon Jones is"… pic.twitter.com/M21qgXo3D4 — Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) August 19, 2024