UFC Interim heavyweight champion Tom Aspinall is not willing to give up on his belief that he deserves to get the next shot at the undisputed title against Jon Jones, and he’s just roasted Stipe Miocic’s own title-contention credentials to prove his point.
“Last time Stipe fought and won, GTA: San Andreas had just come out on PS2,” Aspinall quipped on the X site. “He will fight next for the undisputed heavyweight title, ahead of me, who’s the interim champ, active and ranked #1 in the world right now. This makes me quite upset.”
“Stipe is one of my favorites. Loads of respect to him, his resume is far superior to mine right now. That being said, the UFC has never been about this. It’s about who’s the best right now, and I believe that’s me and it’s only right I get to prove it.”
“Surely if you’re interim champ, your next fight should be to fight for undisputed? Come on.”
A couple of hours later Aspinall was at it again.
“Final fun fact: Since Sipe last won a fight (August 2020), I have blown my knee out, went through the rehab process and had a year off, also had 7 UFC fights, including 4 wins vs. top 10 ranked opponents and won the interim title on 2 weeks’ notice.”
“Absolutely, Stipe has a great resume and is a legend in his own right. So has Tony Ferguson. Maybe we should give him a shot at the undisputed title next too?”
The 41-year-old Miocic hasn’t fought since March of 2021 when he lost the heavyweight title after being KO’d by Francis Ngannou. Nevertheless, he is considered one of the best heavyweights of all-time thanks to having won the UFC title on two occasions and making a total of four defenses of the belt, beating the likes of Fabricio Werdum, Alistair Overeem, Junior dos Santos, Francis Ngannou and Daniel Cormier along the way.
