Dana White offers Tom Aspinall hope of securing Jon Jones fight

The 2 heavyweight stars person been tipped to combat each different wrong the cage and it seems arsenic if the UFC president is wholly onboard with the idea

UFC main Dana White has reassured fans, insisting that Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall volition successful information spell head-to-head for the undisputed heavyweight world championship.

Jones produced a scintillating show successful his past outing against MMA fable Stipe Mioicic, knocking the American retired successful the 3rd round. In the build-up to the heavyweight showdown, 'Bones' hinted astatine retiring aft the clash, but teased aft the bout that helium whitethorn instrumentality astir for 1 past combat and springiness the fans what they want.

As for Aspinall, the British superstar hasn't fought since defending his interim strap past July against Curtis Blaydes. The 31-year-old is regarded arsenic the champion heavyweight connected the planet, with galore insisting that Jones is doing his utmost champion to debar facing the Salford scrapper.

That said, 1 antheral is hopeless to marque the combat is White. The UFC supremo has precocious provided a flimsy update connected the superfight, teasing that it's apt that the brace volition face-off wrong the cage. In an interrogation with Piers Morgan, the American was quizzed connected the taxable of Aspinall. When told helium wants to look the heavyweight champion, White replied: "He wants to combat everybody."

White's reply prompted Morgan to reply: "He thinks he’ll bushed Jon Jones." The UFC president was past speedy to sing the British fighter's praises, saying: "I emotion that! A young, assertive heavyweight that helium really wants to combat each the best. The occupation successful this concern is you person a batch of guys who accidental things publicly, but down the curtains don’t mean it, don’t truly privation these fights. Tom Aspinall is not that guy. Tom Aspinall wants to combat each the champion successful the satellite and I emotion that."

Pushing further connected the topic, Morgan past asked White however bully Aspinall truly is, earlier the 55-year-old teased the imaginable showdown with Jones. "Very good," helium said. "We’re going to find out, though. We marque this Jon Jones fight... obviously, a combat similar that for a young and talented heavyweight and if helium tin triumph and helium tin bushed Jon Jones, it’s life-changing." He added: "If you’re a fighter, you amended person that. That’s what you person to have. If you privation to beryllium 1 of the each clip greats, that’s precisely what you person to have."

The imaginable showdown betwixt the brace volition arguably spell down arsenic 1 of the biggest fights successful the past of the sport. Therefore, it's apt that some men volition beryllium rewarded handsomely for their efforts. Recently, UFC commentator Joe Rogan publically retracted his comments aft claiming Jones is asking for $30million to instrumentality connected Aspinall.

During a caller occurrence of his podcast, the Joe Rogan Experience, the 57-year-old revealed the staggering combat purse 'Bones' was targeting for the imaginable showdown against Aspinall. “The rumour is that helium wants $30 million”, Rogan said earlier adding, “I anticipation they [UFC] wage it.”

However, helium has since rescinded his comments aft UFC brag and long-time person White got successful interaction with him. “I person to close thing due to the fact that determination was a speech I had with Yannis Pappas and Chris Distefano," he said successful abstracted podcast episode. "We were talking astir Jon Jones. I heard a rumour that Jon Jones wanted $30 cardinal to combat Tom Aspinall. I did perceive that rumor and I did perceive that the UFC said yes, but it is not true. Dana contacted me, said that rumor is bulls**t. So I felt obligated to archer everybody that was a fake rumour… [But] I don’t retrieve who told maine that."