Tom Aspinall returned to the UFC with fireworks last weekend, defeating veteran Mace Tybura in the first minutes of their fight. Aspinall followed this up with an octagon interview where he stated his intent to fight the winner of Cyril Gane vs. Sergey Spivak before taking on heavyweight champion Jon Jones.

But the Englishman took offense when Jon Jones replied with a short (and now deleted) tweet. ‘Bones’ simply wrote “Sounds good lol” to Aspinall’s callout. Aspinall told Ariel Helwani that he felt that Jones was being “patronizing”, and later tweeted a reply to ‘Bones’.

Tom Aspinall responds to Jon Jones

Aspinall took to Twitter and wrote a simple, four-word reply to Jones. “Jon, chill out mate” he tweeted from his official Twitter handle. Earlier, the heavyweight shared his thoughts on Jones’ reply to Helwani on his MMA Hour show.

“I’m just putting it out there, Jon Jones is a patronising guy. I think he’s trying to patronize me. How dare he patronize me? How dare he? No, I dunno, whatever, but that’s the fight…that’s the dream fight, I’ll do whatever to get that.” he said.

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He also felt confident that he would be able to beat Jones. He pointed to his quickness combined with his size as the key factors that would help him beat Jones.

“Well, he’s fought a lot of quicker guys before..I don’t mean quicker than me, I mean quicker than most heavyweights, being a light-heavyweight obviously. But he’s never fought someone quicker than a light-heavyweight who’s bigger than him before. Who is super-confident, with big fight IQ, who’s not intimidated, who’s young, and fresh, not loads of miles on the clock, and brings something different, and that’s what I think I bring to the table against Jon.” he told Helwani.

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Fans were divided on the matter, with some feeling like Bones would make short work of Aspinall, while others opined that Jones’ response showed his fragility and inflated ego. Jones’s reply and apparent willingness to fight Aspinall are interesting. ‘Bones’ has indicated that he might retire after his upcoming bout against former heavyweight champion Stipe Miocic at UFC 295 in November. But a potential matchup against Aspinall might mean he is not hanging up his gloves after all.

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Jon Jones is considered the GOAT by many. Especially after he went up to heavyweight and was able to win the heavyweight title by defeating Cyril Gane, who is a natural heavyweight. But, as always, it’s a lonely place to be on top, with the whole division gunning for you. But one thing is for certain, it will be interesting to see Jones fight Aspinall with his quickness and striking prowess. Will the young Aspinall be the one to defeat Jones? Or will Stipe Miocic stop him before he gets to Aspinall? Or will he remain undefeated? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below.

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