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Jon Jones responds to UFC fans calling him a duck for turning down the Tom Aspinall fight

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Jon Jones responds to UFC fans calling him a duck for turning down the Tom Aspinall fight

Jon Jones didn’t let the pressure of UFC 309 fight week stop him from trolling fans who want him to fight Tom Aspinall.

Having already established himself as perhaps the greatest mixed martial artist of all time during his light heavyweight career, Jones returned from a more than three-year layoff at UFC 285 last year and submitted Ciryl Gane in the first round to to win the vacant UFC title. heavyweight title.

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“Bones” was booked to face two-time heavyweight king Stipe Miocic at UFC 295 last November before having to withdraw due to a pectoral injury, which led to Aspinall winning the division’s interim title in a fight at the same event before losing the title defended. title against Curtis Blaydes at UFC 304 in July.

Jon Jones responds to UFC fans calling him a duck for turning down the Tom Aspinall fight

November 11, 2023; New York, NY, USA; Tom Aspinall (blue gloves) reacts after beating Sergei Pavlovich (red gloves) at UFC 295 at Madison Square Garden. / Wendell Cruz-Imagn images

Jones and Miocic will now headline UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, and during fight week, the UFC heavyweight champion was having some fun on Instagram Live when fans started calling him out for not fighting Aspinall (h/t championship rounds).

“I see quite a few people here who call me a duck (laughs). I’m a duck! Call me a duck, call me a chicken, call me a GOAT. Call me a dog, I’m not in high school anymore, guys. A grown man here chasing his dreams. It’s funny that we really live in a world where being called a duck should have an effect. Guys, come on.”

Jon Jones responds to UFC fans calling him a duck for turning down the Tom Aspinall fight

Jon Jones fights France’s Ciryl Gane in the UFC heavyweight championship fight at the UFC 285 event at T-Mobile Arena on March 4, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. / (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC

Dealing with fans wanting to see the Aspinall fight is certainly nothing new for Jones, as the 37-year-old has seemingly had to deal with that criticism ever since the UFC decided to rebook the Miocic fight and appoint the interim champion make it wait. for his chance at undisputed gold.

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“Bones” has also been largely dismissive of the idea of ​​fighting Aspinall next (provided he doesn’t retire after UFC 309), even recently suggesting that a matchup with former middleweight titleholder and current UFC light heavyweight champion Alex Pereira could be a good choice. more attractive option for his estate.

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