You know I loathed Piers for how badly he threw Tommy Robinson under the bus. However, in recent years he has rebounded.
Regardless, this was a great interview with Tom.
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Tom Aspinall has a reason why he doesn’t consider Jon Jones to be at the top of the GOAT list.
While Jones is regularly in discussion for the best athletes to ever compete in MMA, having captured UFC titles in two divisions, including light heavyweight where he compiled a 20-1 (1 NC) record before recently moving up to heavyweight. Along the way, Jones has beaten a litany of legends and Hall of Famers, and his only official loss was a disqualification against Matt Hamill in December 2009.
Jones’ record is not without blemish, as in addition to legal issues outside of the cage, he has also been involved in several drug-testing controversies. It’s that aspect of Jones’ story that has Aspinall reluctant to call him the greatest fighter of all time.
“Let me first start by saying Jon is absolutely elite, and I completely agree with the notion that he’s one of the best fighters ever,” Aspinall said in an interview with Piers Morgan. “Potentially [the greatest], but the way that I look at is he has failed a couple of drug tests. To me, that rules you out of being the best of all-time. For me, personally.”
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He’s great. Reminds me of the reason I got into watching MMA: a smart, articulate, humble guy who could murder you without breaking a sweat.
He’s got that old-school Rich Franklin, GSP energy. The kind of guy you can’t help but root for.
Would love to see him become champ, and to do it by KO’ing Jones would be the cherry on the cake.
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Sha Bang !
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Hasn’t it been happening for a year and a half already?
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Would love to see the fight, and would probably root for aspinal, but I think jones finishes him and makes it look easy. Hopefully jones agrees to fight.
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Tom irons him out.
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I came here to say just that!
He’s going to be teh next Michael Chandler!
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