Jon Jones fires back at Tom Aspinall: ‘I recognize only four of these names on your resume’

Simply hours after undergoing elbow surgery, Jon Jones took time to fireplace again at Tom Aspinall for his repeated callouts on social media.

The reigning UFC heavyweight champion, who suffered a torn pectoral muscle final 12 months that delayed his battle with Stipe Miocic, will seemingly return in the summertime however he’s been the focus for Aspinall for the previous few days. After he claimed the interim UFC heavyweight title on Jones’ absence, Aspinall has reasonably loudly referred to as for a title unification bout reasonably than rebooking the battle with Miocic.

The most recent jab got here through TikTok when Aspinall posted a video displaying that he’d be willing to wait decades for the Jones battle, which lastly caught the eye of the fighter UFC CEO Dana White usually calls the best of all-time.

“I acknowledge solely 4 of those names in your resume,” Jones wrote in a now deleted publish on Instagram. “Launching TikTok assaults whereas I’m over right here on the harm listing is simply whack. You get no factors for that the place I’m from.”

Jones continued in a separate publish on Twitter.

“Solely 4 recognizable opponents, and already the king of England, should be good,” Jones wrote. “There might be legendary tales informed about you and your notorious name outs.”

Jones additionally scoffed at Aspinall’s supposed frustration that he must anticipate an opportunity to unify the titles with Miocic getting the subsequent crack on the undisputed champion.

“I imply, it doesn’t actually work like that,” Jones stated. “I used to be a champion after I was 23 years outdated, you may’t present up at age 30 pretending such as you’ve been chasing me your entire life. I’ve no clue who 90% of his résumé is, in the meantime, I’ve been highlighting UFC occasions my complete profession.”

Jones’ response is the primary time he’s instantly addressed Aspinall, who was booked in a short-notice interim title battle towards Sergei Pavlovich at UFC 295 this previous November. The interim title bout got here collectively largely to fill the void left by Jones and Miocic after they have been pulled from the cardboard.

On the time, Aspinall was driving a one-fight win streak after he returned from his solely loss within the UFC, which occurred following a torn ACL he suffered throughout a showdown with Curtis Blaydes.

After knocking Pavlovich out to win the interim belt, Aspinall expressed his need to finally conflict with Jones someday however his rhetoric has ramped up in latest days. He beforehand obtained a response from Miocic, who informed the outspoken Brit that he by no means triggered a delay in reserving the Jones battle however “as soon as I get this win, let’s discuss to unify the belt.”

Regardless of Aspinall’s calls to skip over Miocic to face Jones subsequent, White has repeatedly acknowledged that he has no need to change the UFC’s plans. Jones will nonetheless face Miocic as soon as he’s wholesome once more and Aspinall might probably keep busy towards a unique opponent.

A minimum of Aspinall is aware of he obtained Jones’ consideration, though he most likely didn’t get the response he needed.

Replace: Aspinall responded to Jones Tuesday morning.

Replace: Jones responded to Aspinall.