UFC interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall appears to have finally come to terms with the fact that he won’t be fighting either Jon Jones or Stipe Miocic until they first have their title showdown.
Aspinall acknowledged as much in a series of posts on Twitter in which he also revealed that Miocic had officially declined to fight him in what would seem to have been a likely headlining fight for the interim title at UFC 300 on April 13th in Las Vegas.
“While we are talking about @stipemiocic, my manager was contacted by the UFC asking if I’d like to fight him on apr 13th. I, of course, accepted,” Aspinall wrote. “A little later, we were told that @stipemiocic doesn’t want to fight me, and only interested in fighting @JonnyBones.”
“On that note. I will stop crying, accept it ain’t gonna happen and enjoy the fight that me and all the other fans want to see,” Aspinall continued. “Legend vs legend for the heavyweight title. Maximum respect guys. Yay.”
“Since me and Jon had our little twitter beef I see Jon’s point of view… Believe it or not I respect @JonnyBones and everything he has done. So impressive. I wish him all the best in his recovery and return against @StipeMiocic.”
