What the heck is going on with John Jones? It’s a matter of the heart of all UFC fans as they keep waiting for news about the future of the heavyweight champion.
After defeating Stipe Miocic at hand, “Bones” confirmed they would stick long enough to fight promotional interim heavyweight title holder Tom Aspinall. Seven months later, it appears we are not nearing seeing what happens.
Since then, Jones has regularly dismissed the idea of fighting aspinol, retired and proposed coaching the fighter with the Russian imitation version of the ultimate fighter, working hard for a clash with Alex Pereira before “Poatan” lost his light heavyweight belt in the magical Ankara Ewe.
Now, “Bones” is back in their battle with Francis Ngannou.
What is your deal with John Jones to quote comedy icon Jerry Seinfeld?
“John Jones seems interested. Maybe he’s retired. Maybe he’s not, he might not know,” former UFC middleweight title holder Michael Bispin said on his YouTube channel. “Maybe he’s just piqueling us, and the announcement will come soon. But I tell you, do you know something bigger than John Jones’ fighting career? This whole story.
“This drops in history as one of the craziest stories in heavyweight combat sports. So, in the end, what happens? We don’t know. All of this is beginning to get a little messy.”
John Jones is hurting his legacy by lifting up the heavyweight division
At this point, it’s hard to imagine anyone who actually cared about this fight anymore. Plus, people just want Jones to defend his title or give up on it so that the heavyweight division can move on from all the ridiculous things.
But the bispin is correct. This goes down as one of the craziest stories in UFC heavyweight history. And every day it drags is another hit to John Jones’ legacy as the indisputable goat of MMA.