This one might push Tom Aspinall fans over the edge because UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones said he’d be down for a scrap with light heavyweight champ Alex Pereira for a third belt.
“It’d be cool to fight over the heavyweight championship but I would also willingly give up the heavyweight championship. I walked away from the light heavyweight championship. I’d love to walk away from this one as well on top, on (my) own terms, good head on your shoulders, making lots of money,” he told SportsNet.
The UFC heavyweight champion isn’t beyond adding other accolades to his resume namely the BMF title, and a win against Pereira.
“Fighting Pereira for the ‘BMF’ belt, that would be cool. We both have two belts in two weight classes and the night we fought we’d both be fighting for our third belt, which would be the ‘BMF.’ How cool would that be,” he said.
Jones (27-1) is set to defend his UFC heavyweight title at UFC 309 against former champion Stipe Miocic. It hasn’t been a matchup free of controversy at least with the fans. Majority of MMA fans have pushed for Miocic to step aside for interim champ Aspinall to step in to unify the titles.
The thing is Jones doesn’t believe the interim title was necessary in the first place.
“The interim championship shouldn’t have been there in the first place. The only reason why there was an interim championship fight was because I got hurt and they needed to keep the importance of that Madison Square Garden event,” he said.
“They should have just been a replacement fight. A main event fight. I think making it an interim fight was premature. Now you have a bunch of confused people.”
Jon Jones defends his UFC heavyweight title against Stipe Miocic in the main event of UFC 309 this Saturday night. Aspinall will be in attendance as the backup for the fight.
