👀Tom Aspinall breaks down Jon Jones’
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November 10, 2024
Tom
Aspinall gave Jon Jones his
due respect while recently breaking down his fighting style.
Jones puts his heavyweight title on the line against Stipe
Miocic in the main event at UFC 309
on Saturday at Madison Square Garden in New York. They were
originally scheduled to fight at UFC 295 in November 2023, but
Jones was forced out with an injury. Aspinall went on defeat
Sergei
Pavlovich in a short-notice interim title fight on the same
card.
Despite Aspinall having defended his title against Curtis
Blaydes since then, Jones remains adamant on facing Miocic, who
hasn’t fought since a brutal knockout loss against Francis
Ngannou in 2021. Aspinall might never get the chance to unify
the title, as both Jones and Miocic have hinted at retirement while
speaking of their future after UFC 309.
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This has led to Aspinall taking constant digs at Jones, who
maintains that he has nothing left to prove. However, “Honey
Badger” gave Jones his due respect while breaking down the former
light heavyweight champ’s fighting style. The Brit, who is also the
backup for the UFC 309 headliner, acknowledged Jones as one of the
most knowledgeable fighters to ever do it. In addition to Jones’
well-rounded skillset, Aspinall also specifically emphasized the
grip strength on “Bones” once he gets his hands locked for a
double-leg takedown.
“His knowledge in MMA is some of the best to ever do it,” Aspinall
told TNT Sports. “I’ve got to say that, I’ve got to give him that…
His attacks are very varied, he’ll go [teep] on the front leg,
he’ll bring the head kicks up, he’ll fake the takedowns, come in
with the spinning elbows… A lot of the times what Jones does really
really well is once he gets his hands together on a double leg,
it’s so difficult to break that… Once his hands are locked and he
starts to pull his opponent away, he almost always finishes the
takedown… His ground-and-pound is some of the best that I have ever
seen. Some of the best elbows in MMA, period.”