Aspinall shares petition for UFC to strip Jones of belt

Tom Aspinall is continuing his run to conflict for nan undisputed UFC heavyweight title by sharing a nexus connected Instagram to a petition urging nan promotion institution to portion Jon Jones of his title.

Aspinall, 32, has been interim heavyweight champion for 18 months and was passed complete by Jones arsenic his force for his wounded comeback past November, pinch nan 37-year-old fighting Stipe Miocic instead.

Six months later, Manchester's Aspinall has many times said he is unsure if he will conflict Jones next.

Frustrated UFC fans person tried to return matters into their ain hands by mounting up a petition, pinch much than 150,000 group calling for Jones' title to beryllium taken disconnected him.

Speaking from Thailand this week, Jones has continued to support his cards adjacent to his thorax regarding his future.

"I don't cognize what life holds arsenic acold arsenic fighting and competing," Jones said connected DeepCut pinch VicBlends., external

"There's a batch of awesome title still successful nan UFC. I do position myself arsenic much than a fighter, and being successful my position, I consciousness for illustration I person a batch much options than a batch of nan different fighters arsenic acold arsenic nan expertise to time off and return and things for illustration that."

Aspinall has beaten each combatant successful nan apical 5 of nan rankings isolated from Frenchman Ciryl Gane, who sits astatine number two.

Jones enjoys teasing group connected societal media and said past week he had already told nan UFC his plans, and was unsure why it had not shared them pinch nan public.

The American hinted he was retired, earlier appearing to propose he would beryllium unfastened to fighting successful nan UFC again.

Jones is wide considered 1 of, if not nan best, MMA combatant of each clip and has an wide grounds of 28 wins, 1 nonaccomplishment and 1 no-contest.

He became nan youngest UFC champion aged 23, a two-weight champion, and is undefeated successful 20 UFC fights successful a statement - nan company's longest unbeaten streak.

"I'm truthful connected to winning, it's astir apt not moreover healthy," Jones said.

"I spot fighters that return losses and they smile, they hug their wives, 'better luck adjacent time'.

"If I were to ever suffer I'd beryllium devastated, angry, upset, and depressed."