'Who Did Aspinall Beat?' Jon Jones’ training partner SCOFFS at suggestion he should fight Tom Aspinall instead of legacy giants

Light-heavyweight king Alex Pereira, 10-2 MMA, 7-1 UFC, KO’ed Jamahal Hill at UFC 300. His aspiration of three-division glory remains a huge ambition in the UFC. He and Jon Jones have passively flirted with the idea of facing each other in a mega fight. Such big names interest Jones. The Cape Verdean Castro, who also trained with Jones during his heavyweight debut, supports his stance to shoot for big names.

Big names consequently matter because both Jones and Miocic are of advanced age. Jones prompted as much, dousing the sheer multitudes of title runs he and Stipe Miocic boast of. Tom Aspinall, as De Castro puts it, is just starting out. Fighting him does not do much for ‘Bones.’ Concurrently, yet another giant in the mix goes by the name of Francis Ngannou.

Yorgan De Castro upvotes Stipe Miocic or Francis Ngannou despite Tom Aspinall’s rightful contention status

The G.O.A.T product from Jackson’s MMA Acoma Gym once went on a sabbatical over pay distribution for a super fight with then-heavyweight Francis Ngannou. It’s been four years since then, and ‘The Predator’ has taken his exit from UFC. Ngannou will make his PFL debut in the near future. With more freedom of crossover grind, Jon Jones can end up being a name he locks out with.

Jones, 27-1-0, is often considered the G.O.A.T. However, his constant snubbing of Tom Aspinall has gotten on the nerves of fans who just want to see something exciting. Having an interim strap by default allows one to enter title unification territory with the prodigal champ. However, Jones has remained very dismissive. De Castro explains why, given the Englishman’s minimal UFC résumé.

He [Jones] told me personally that he would love to fight Francis. That's the thing that will get him off the bed...I know too he respects Tom Aspinall. But Tom Aspinall is young. Fighters go through moments in life. Jon, now he gets to choose what he's going to do... Him beating Tom, what are people gonna say? ... Who'd he beat? Yorgan De Castro to MMA News

As De Castro said, Jones wants legacy fights that make the most amount of money. Options like Ngannou, Miocic, and even Alex Pereira make sense legacy-wise. However, Tom Aspinall remains the biggest threat to Jon Jones at the moment. As such, fans of the fight game wanted to see Jones vs. Aspinall. However, Jon Jones does not see any benefit to the matchup.