Former featherweight king Alexander Volkanovski believes that if anyone is going to beat Jon Jones, it’ll be Tom Aspinall.
After scoring a 69-second knockout of Sergei Pavlovich to take home the interim heavyweight title last year, Aspinall set his sights on a unification clash with Jones, the undisputed heavyweight world champion. Unfortunately, ‘Bones’ has been nothing but dismissive of the challenge, instead opting to stick to his original plan — a heavyweight superfight with two-time titleholder Stipe Miocic.
With Jones seemingly out of the picture, Aspinall will move on to become the first fighter in more than a decade to defend an interim belt when he meets Curtis Blaydes in the UFC 304 co-main event this Saturday night.