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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 reacts to Jon Jones saying that his next fight will be his retirement fight:
“See how this fight plays out and then we’ll go from there”.
He also says that Tom Aspinall will be the backup for that fight ?#UFC309 #UFC #MMA pic.twitter.com/qmIhYeCmGY — Championship Rounds (@ChampRDS) September 18, 2024
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”.
Compilation of Tom Aspinall cooking Jon Jones in his latest interview
"Jones is a bit of a fanny isn't he"
"Dana White's getting on every interview possible...
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
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