The winner of Saturday’s interim heavyweight title conflict between reigning champion Tom Aspinall and Curtis Blaydes will transfer on to face the winner of Jon Jones vs. Stipe Miocic.
That comes in keeping with Dana White who provided a one-word response when requested what comes subsequent for the victor in UFC 304’s co-main occasion.
“Completely,” White stated at the UFC 304 press conference when requested point-blank if the winner of Aspinall vs. Blaydes would battle both ‘Bones’ or Miocic subsequent.
As nice as that sounds, it’s not fairly that straightforward. Ever since he gained the undisputed heavyweight title at UFC 285, Jon Jones has routinely teased retirement as soon as his bout with Miocic is within the books. And even when Miocic pulls off the upset, it’s laborious to think about the consensus heavyweight GOAT — who shall be 42 by the point he truly fights Jones — would stick round to battle both Aspinall or Blaydes.
That’s most likely why Blaydes has been working round touting his title tilt with Aspinall as being for the “real” heavyweight crown.
Tom Aspinall thinks His UFC 304 battle with ‘Razor’ shall be a harder check than what Jon Jones brings to the desk
After dispatching Sergei Pavlovich in 69 seconds to claim the interim belt final November, Tom Aspinall lobbied laborious for a unification battle with Jon Jones.
Failing to bait the two-division titleholder right into a scrap, the Salford, England native opted to maneuver on to Blaydes, a person he believes presents a a lot harder check than a past-his-prime ‘Bones.’
“As a result of Curtis Blaydes is a well-established heavyweight and I’m not discrediting Jon in any respect, the man’s unreal—nicely I could be discrediting him a bit—however as a heavyweight, Curtis Blaydes has confirmed a number of occasions that he’s elite,” Aspinall advised Sky Sports.
“And he’s in his prime, Jon Jones isn’t. I feel Blaydes is a harder battle” (h/t Bloody Elbow).
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