If you have made one of these Tom Aspinall time laps sitting Jon Jones in the last five and a half months, you would see the seasons pass and go through the window behind him and perhaps the first gray hair of spring start to flower.
Aspinall hoped that he would get Jones early enough to unify the title of heavy goods vehicles. But every day that passes, you must ask yourself if it is … Oh my God, it is not This Again, is it? Is he… has he become a chandler?
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Poor Michael Chandler waited for Conor McGregor for a long time, long Time – almost two years in the portion of his creditor of his twilight – only to learn that the fight was nothing more than a mirage. Just a crumb track in Nedsville. It was never going to happen. McGregor spoils people's lives for sport. At the end of the day, the only thing Chandler obtained for his time and patience was a better understanding of his own credulity.
I don't want to call aspinall gullible, but that's where this kind of optimism often ends. Especially because Jon Jones has become a little teasing. We don't know what he wants to do, but we know that no one plays hard to get him. If he uses his wingspan of seven feet at all days, it is to hold his own inheritance on everyone's head, just out of reach of the nearest competitor. Or, in the case of Tiptoe Tom, the closest (interim) champion.
What is the depth of Aspinall's patience? How long before his surprisingly skillful leg game turns into happy feet? He just watched his 32nd birthday go and come back a few weeks ago, which recalls that time does not move in one direction. Life is too short to wait for someone else's calendar. I mean, King Richard III died at 32.
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A popular refrain at the moment among the remunerated professionals is to say something like: “I do not think that Jon Jones is afraid of Tom Aspinall”, a qualification just to be on the safe side of things. Who wants to accuse one of the big ones of all the UFC time of being afraid of someone? However, so in the UFC are often left to appearances. In these appearances, there are inferences, and within these inferences, powerful suspicions turn into opinions which turn into arguments and, at some point, in the minds of some, they bypass a corner to become “done”.
Let's face it, the appearance at the moment is that Jones is an inherited germaphobic which does not want little hands Grubby by Johnny-Come by Johnny to underline his work. He doesn't see anyone as worthy (except maybe Alex Pereira). He does not see enough zeros on the offers. He does not consider a four -month training camp as adequate. He sees the little rubber ducks that appear during events, but he has never been much for poultry. If he is a lion, as he compared himself as so many times in the glorious past, he is brushed by the afternoon sun.
From the pandemic in 2020, the guy has fought twice – twice in five years. Once against Ciryl Gane (which was impressive like hell). Once against Stipe Miocic (or rather, the Miocic Stipe ball).
The UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones hesitated to accept a fight with the acting champion Tom Aspinall, letting him wait behind the scenes. (Kirby Lee-USA today Sport)
(USA Today Sports / Reuters)
The Francis Ngannou fight which was tailor -made as a successful event a few years ago? Did not occur.
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This is why it all seems so familiar. And that's why rubber ducks remain afloat.
If Jones does not end up fighting the interim champion aspinall, a large part of this heritage which he protects will be that he has protected his inheritance. The old Ouroboros, regardless of the spin management. The UFC sets up “temporary” titles as spaces of space reserved until the champion is ready to leave. It is an “replacement accessory”, a kind of combat game promise ring.
In most cases, the real champion returns from something more definitive, as an injury. Jones? He only slows down with the title. His feet are repelled. He has the heavyweight division that has completed his joyride. Does he hold for $ 15 million? According to the sounds of this one, the UFC came correct. They tried to fight. It all depends on Jones. Anyone who is a fight fan wants this fight, but Jonny Bones has not signed.
Is it going today? Tomorrow? Next week? Next month? Jones likes to keep everyone Jones, just like this Irish comrade who transformed the fate of a good man into a verb.
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Chand.
Who knows, maybe he has an aversion to the dotted lines. But if the UFC moves on to something else and the aspinall books in any other fight, it should be for the real heavy goods vehicle, without an interim label. If Jones does not want to defend it, then the UFC must take it. Aspinall was willing to wait Jones, but the UFC should not. How long is too long?
Aspinall defended the temporary title last July and is not closer to the answer nine months later.
