From GOAT to DUCK, the UFC heavyweight champion Jon Jones has been labeled with many titles lately because of ‘avoiding’ the highly debated fight with Tom Aspinall. Fans and MMA experts have grown quite frustrated as highly demanded fights that involve Jon Jones had a negative record of not materializing.
First people wanted to see Francis Ngannou fight him (Outcome: never happened).
People then wanted to see Alex Pereira fight him (Outcome: couldn’t happen because Alex Pereira lost).
And now people are quite desperately waiting to hear an official announcement for Jones vs Aspinall but for some vague reason the clash never ends up crystallizing into a done deal.
This is Tom’s dream fight, it means a lot to him. Recently he made a statement of being ready to move on if the fight doesn’t happen.
Jon Jones on Not Fighting Tom Aspinall
In a recent Instagram live video, the UFC heavyweight champion briefly addressed “ducking” Tom Aspinall.
“I’ve got people in the chat calling me a duck. Meanwhile, I’m living my absolute best life. I don’t know if it’s considered ducking when you’re living good. I don’t think it works like that.”
🚨 Jon Jones responds on IG live to everyone who says he is ducking Tom Aspinall:
— ACD MMA (@acdmma_) May 13, 2025
“I’ve got people in the chat calling me a duck. Meanwhile, I’m living my absolute best life”
“I don’t know if it’s considered ducking when you’re living good. I don’t think it works like that.” pic.twitter.com/AFpcyqL48d
Mandatory Meme
Let’s take the time to add some humor:
Me if there was an award for not saying is ducking Tom Aspinall: pic.twitter.com/BkJWKFhj4C
— Pedro Baptista (@mmacrash) May 13, 2025