PFL execs Donn Davis and Peter Murray have often spoken supportively about a potential cross promotion fight between Ngannou and Jones, urging the UFC to play ball. UFC CEO Dana White has shut it down the idea, reiterating that business is not conducted in that manner for the Las Vegas-based promotion.

UFC play-by-play ace Jon Anik believes a title unification bout between Jon Jones and Tom Aspinall will indeed happen in 2025.

Jon Jones won his first UFC heavyweight title defense against Stipe Miocic at UFC 309 last Saturday. It was his big comeback after almost two years since winning the title at UFC 285. Jon looked amazing and fought really well.

Chael Sonnen is confident Jon Jones fights Tom Aspinall. Heavyweight champion Jones (27-1 MMA, 21-1 UFC) continued to dismiss interim champion Aspinall (15-3 MMA, 8-1 UFC) after he retained his belt with a TKO of Stipe Miocic at UFC 309.

Jon Jones isn’t budging when it comes to Tom Aspinall. The UFC heavyweight champion kept his Twitter fingers busy late Thursday evening as he wrote a series of comments dismissing Aspinall—the No. 1 heavyweight in the MMA Fighting Global Rankings and two spots ahead of Jones at No.

Jon Jones isn’t changing his mind about fighting Tom Aspinall. Jon Jones, the UFC heavyweight champion, was active on Twitter late Thursday, saying he wasn’t interested in fighting Aspinall. Aspinall is ranked number one in the heavyweight division,