Kevin Holland, a UFC fighter, has defended Jon Jones for allegedly requesting six months to train for a bout with Tom Aspinall.
As of right now, Jon Jones is the unchallenged heavyweight champion of the UFC. We also know that the interim heavyweight champion is Tom Aspinall. Naturally, a fight between the two would make sense in order to unite the belts, but there is a problem: Jon is not at all eager for this fight to take place.
To the annoyance of many, Jones has always denied the possibility of facing Aspinall. But as time has passed, UFC president Dana White has consistently stated that the fight will take place. In addition to being one of the biggest fights in the sport, it may be the last time we see “Bones” battle in the Octagon.
Ariel Helwani recently informed us that Jones would prefer to have about six months to train for his fight with Aspinall. The aforementioned Kevin Holland recently supported him in an interview, despite the fact that many have chastised him for prolonging this.
Holland’s perspective on Jones’ wish
“I’m going to stand up for him a little bit,” Holland said of Jones. “The dude’s been around for a very long time, and he’s fought a lot of people. Tom Aspinall is an absolute beast. Jon Jones, is the greatest to do it in his timeframe, and now he’s actually doing it in a different timeframe. Probably should be Tom Aspinall’s timeframe. If I’m Jon Jones, I’m going to play it like a Floyd Mayweather, like these old-school boxers played it. I’m going to be the OG of the game.
“Yeah, we may not like it, it sucks, we want to see the fight tomorrow. But the older I get, the slower I play the game,” Holland continued. “If I’m Jon Jones, I’ll do everything in my power to make sure Tom Aspinall understands how powerful and how dominant I’ve been over the years, and all the things I’ve done. So that by the time it comes for us to fight, he’ll be so f***ed up inside your own head, and it’ll be rough. Hopefully Tom doesn’t fall for that!”
Quotes via Bloody Elbow
Nobody knows what’s going to happen next in this saga. What we do know, though, is that if Jon Jones refuses to fight Tom Aspinall, then it’ll serve as a mark against his name and his legacy.
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